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Only started with Perl4 and Perl5 in 1995. I was doing AWK etc for 12 years before that, and resisted switching. I've been doing OO since before C++ hit bigtime, with Objective-C and SmallTalk, so I really like the (no longer new) Perl5 OO style; and the Lispish Map style is also an old friend. What do I hack with Perl? All data that passes my way; systems monitoring scripts at $DayJob, weather data at night, and I cheat on NPR word puzzles. Member: Boston.pm.org [pm.org] BLU.org [blu.org]
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Science News
- Whimpers from the Sun?
- «Solar physicists have
observed the smallest ever coronal mass ejection (CME) – a type of explosion
where plasma from the Sun is thrown out into space, sometimes striking the
Earth and damaging orbiting satellites. The observation has come as a great
surprise to scientists and has turned previous ideas up-side-down. »
- Well, that explains why the Aurora was seen only very far north.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council via EurekAlert ;
also Mini-belches from the Sun - Oxygenated Levitation strongest yet
-
«Scientists at the University of Nottingham
have successfully levitated diamond and some of the heaviest elements [u]sing liquid oxygen to
increase the buoyancy created by a specially designed superconducting
magnet.
»
- I haven't found a good reference for the magneto-Archimedes effect yet.
Gold was levitated this way 2 years ago; they've extended this well beyond what is required for any real material at standard pressures.- New Journal of Physics, Basic Technology Scheme of Research Councils, Institute of Physics via EurekAlert
- Hand gestures linked to better speaking
- «Can't find the right word?
You might want to start moving your hands. New research at the University of
Alberta suggests that gesturing while you talk may improve your access to
language. »
- Darn, my sister was right.
- Gestures University of Alberta via EurekAlert
- Short Gama Ray Burst caught in the act - is it the formation of a new Black Hole?
- «Astronomers may have for the first time witnessed
the colossal crash of two neutron stars on the fringes of a distant galaxy. A
NASA satellite detected a sharp flare of energy just moments after 12 midnight
EDT on 9 May, triggering hours of intense research by telescopes on the
ground. Analysis is ongoing, but a neutron-star merger--if confirmed--would
help explain a type of explosion that has puzzled researchers for years »
- XRay Telescope and UV Optical instruments may have caught same event. Some sources speculate it may be the creation of a black-hole (or merger of 2)
- Science Magzine News, with picture, in website of AAAS Science magazine;
Current Observations;
also The Birth of a New Black Hole? ; Blast hints at black hole birth; Swift satellite spies cosmic crash [simulation picture]
Or is it a BUG?"
"Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)"
--Larry Wall in <6909@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
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