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  Re: Quick physics question
 
(...) Eventually you will get a plasma, composed of neucleii and some electrons. At that point it's not really relevant to talk about compounds, what you have is basically soup. From memory you can't dissociate most simple molecules before they (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  SETI@Home?
 
So is anyone else participating in the SETI@Home program? I have 5 computers running it right now. Will probably have it running on another 8 or 10 soon. (URL) Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - A (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Quick physics question
 
Hey all, Just a quick question, or series of questions, but it'll keep me up all night if I don't find the answer. :-, If you take a sealed container with nothing but pure water, and you heated it enough -- assuming the container withstands the heat (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: awk vs. perl for simple tasks
 
(...) Awww, it's not _that_ much longer in perl: perl -alne 'print $F[3]' although it certainly doesn't roll off the tongue quite as nicely. (...) Can't columns be grabbed easily in Scheme/Lisp? --Todd (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: awk vs. perl for simple tasks
 
(...) That's in reference to the awk idiom: awk '{ print $4 }' which is much longer to do in perl. I personally use this as a shell command inside Emacs all the time. I'm not good at perl one-liners. -Tim (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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