DOUBLE NAP POWER
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Yule Cat is the new Krampus.
tempest% cat drunk.pl
if (0 == "0" && 0 == "0.0" && 0.0 == "0" && "0" == "0.0") {
print "Zero is zero.\n";
}
if ("0") {
print "Go home Perl you are drunk\n";
}
if ("0.0") {
print "GO HOME PERL YOU ARE DRUNK\n";
}
tempest% perl drunk.pl
Zero is zero.
GO HOME PERL YOU ARE DRUNK
Yeti assists in my morning meditations by setting an example.
Hunters gonna hunt.
They discouraged us from doing this in physics lab.
(Source: andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
If you meet the Buddha on the road and he can remain in Earth’s atmosphere for more than three minutes, kill him.
These are your kids on books.
True.
Most fantasy worlds manage to sustain a roughly medieval level of development for thousands of years at a stretch. (I blame hyperconservative nigh-immortal elves for quietly holding back technological progress.) Walter Jon Williams’ Metropolitan takes that restriction off and follows it to its logical conclusion, with geomantic public works and the essence of magic on tap as a utility; it’s a great read for gamers and anyone who likes to play with the idea of technomagic. The author discusses the worldbuilding and where to find the ebook.
I’m hoping there will be enough interest in this (and the sequel, City On Fire, when it comes out soon) that we can talk WJW into holding a Kickstarter for writing the third book that answers some of the questions raised in City On Fire.
Actual poster from the mid-50’s issued by Senator Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Red Scare and anti communist witch hunt in Washington. All artists were suspect.
