5 perlepigraphs - list of Perl release epigraphs
9 Many Perl release announcements included an I<epigraph>, a short excerpt
10 from a literary or other creative work, chosen by the pumpking or release
11 manager. This file assembles the known list of epigraph for posterity,
12 and also links to the release announcements in mailing list archives.
14 I<Note>: these have also been referred to as I<epigrams>, but the
15 definition of I<epigraph> is closer to the way they have been used.
16 Consult your favorite dictionary for details.
20 =head2 v5.25.8 - Langston Hughes, So long
22 L<Announced on 2016-12-20 by Sawyer X|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/12/msg241739.html>
26 and it's in the way you're gone
27 but it's like a foreign language
35 =head2 v5.25.7 - J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Silmarillion"
37 L<Announced on 2016-11-20 by Chad 'Exodist' Granum|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/11/msg241120.html>
41 Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of
42 those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the
43 shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in
44 the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien. Of their lives was made
45 the Lay of Leithian, Release from Bondage, which is the longest save one of the
46 songs concerning the world of old; but here is told in fewer words and without
49 =head2 v5.25.6 - Alan Warner, "The Sopranos"
51 L<Announced on 2016-10-10 by Aaron Crane|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/10/msg240406.html>
53 I'm up on all the pop trivia, says the guy with the stud in his tongue.
55 Yes. Do you know who he lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen is?
56 Let me guess, is he called Echo?
57 Good guess but no, anyway when they played Glastonbury it was so
58 muddy he had two roadies to hold up a binliner on each of his legs so
59 they wouldn't get covered in mud.
60 That's what being rich and famous is all about, having someone
61 else hold up your binliners on each leg when you're wandering across
63 Do you know what Sammy Davis Junior said being black and famous in
66 He said being black and famous in America meant he could be
67 refused entry to exclusive clubs and restaurants that other people
68 could only ever dream of going to. Do you know Michael Stipe likes to
69 send his remote control toy cars onto stage while his support band are
70 playing to freak them out?
72 You're not really a pop trivia person, are you, Kylah?
75 =head2 v5.25.5 - Philip K. Dick, VALIS
77 L<Announced on 2016-09-20 by Stevan Little|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/09/msg239887.html>
79 We hypostatize information into objects. Rearrangement of objects is
80 change in the content of the information; the message has changed.
81 This is a language which we have lost the ability to read. We ourselves
82 are a part of this language; changes in us are changes in the content
83 of the information. We ourselves are information-rich; information
84 enters us, is processed and is then projected outward once more, now
85 in an altered form. We are not aware that we are doing this, that in
86 fact this is all we are doing
88 =head2 v5.25.4 - Terry Pratchett, "Truckers"
90 L<Announced on 2016-08-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/08/msg239191.html>
92 Concerning Nomes and Time
94 Nomes are small. On the whole, small creatures don't live for a long
95 time. But perhaps they do live fast.
99 One of the shortest-lived creatures on the planet Earth is the adult
100 common mayfly. It lasts for one day. The longest-living things are
101 bristlecone pine trees, at 4,700 years and still counting.
103 This may seem tough on the mayflies. But the important thing is not
104 how long your life is, but how long it seems.
106 To a mayfly, a single hour may last as long as a century. Perhaps
107 old mayflies sit around complaining about how life this minute isn't a
108 patch on the good old minutes of long ago, when the world was
109 young and the sun seemed so much brighter and larvae showed you a
110 bit of respect. Whereas the trees, which are not famous to their
111 quick reactions, may just have time to notice the way the sky keeps
112 flickering before the dry rot and woodworm set in.
114 It's all a sort of relativity. The faster you live, the more time
115 stretches out. To a nome, a year lasts as long as ten years does to a
116 human. Remember it. Don't let it concern you. They don't. They don't
119 =head2 v5.25.3 - Edward Lear, ed. Vivien Noakes, "The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse": The Dong with a Luminous Nose
121 L<Announced on 2016-07-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238158.html>
123 When awful darkness and silence reign
124 Over the great Gromboolian plain,
125 Through the long, long wintry nights; -
126 When the angry breakers roar
127 As they beat on the rocky shore; -
128 When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights
129 Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore: -
131 Then, through the vast and gloomy dark,
132 There moves what seems a fiery spark,
133 A lonely spark with silvery rays
134 Piercing the coal-black night, -
135 A Meteor strange and bright: -
136 Hither and thither the vision strays,
137 A single lurid light.
139 Slowly it wanders, - pauses, - creeps, -
140 Anon it sparkles, - flashes and leaps;
141 And ever as onward it gleaming goes
142 A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
143 And those who watch at that midnight hour
144 From Hall or Terrace, or lofty Tower,
145 Cry, as the wild light passes along, -
146 'The Dong! - the Dong!
147 The wandering Dong through the forest goes!
149 The Dong with a luminous Nose!'
151 =head2 v5.25.2 - Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip "Waiting For The Beat To Kick In"
153 L<Announced on 2016-06-20 by Matthew Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/06/msg237274.html>
155 Waiting for the beat to kick in
157 Waiting for my feet to grow wings
159 All of these tiresome things
160 That we know and love
161 Waiting for the beat to kick in
164 =head2 v5.25.1 - Eli Pariser, "The Filter Bubble"
166 L<Announced on 2016-05-20 by Sawyer X|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/05/msg236566.html>
168 Imagine that you're a smart high school student on the low end of the social
169 totem pole. You're alienated from adult authority, but unlike many teenagers,
170 you're also alienated from the power structures of your peers -- an existence
171 that can feel lonely and peripheral. Systems and equations are intuitive, but
172 people aren't -- social signals are confusing and messy, difficult to interpret.
174 Then you discover code. You may be powerless at the lunch table, but code
175 gives you power over an infinitely malleable world and opens the door to a
176 symbolic system that's perfectly clear and ordered. The jostling for position
177 and status fades away. The nagging parental voices disappear. There's just a
178 clean, white page for you to fill, an opportunity to build a better place, a
179 home, from the ground up.
181 No wonder you're a geek.
183 =head2 v5.25.0 - Robert Frost, "The Trial by Existence"
185 L<Announced on 2016-05-09 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/05/msg236244.html>
187 Even the bravest that are slain
188 Shall not dissemble their surprise
189 On waking to find valor reign,
190 Even as on earth, in paradise;
191 And where they sought without the sword
192 Wide fields of asphodel fore’er,
193 To find that the utmost reward
194 Of daring should be still to dare.
196 =head2 v5.24.1-RC4 - John Milton, ed. Gordon Campbell, "Paradise Lost", Book II
198 L<Announced on 2016-10-12 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/10/msg240224.html>
200 Before the gates there sat
201 On either side a formidable shape;
202 The one seemed woman to the waste, and fair,
203 But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
204 Voluminous and vast -- a serpent armed
205 With mortal sting; about her middle round
206 A cry of hell hounds never ceasing barked
207 With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung
208 A hideous peal; yet, when they list, would creep,
209 If aught disturbed their noise, into her womb,
210 And kennel there; yet there still barked and howled
211 Within unseen. Far less abhorred than these
212 Vexed Scylla, bathing in the sea that parts
213 Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore;
214 Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when, called
215 In secret, riding through the air she comes,
216 Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance
217 With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon
218 Eclipses at their charms. The other shape --
219 If shape it might be called that shape had none
220 Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb;
221 Or substance might be called that shadow seemed,
222 For each seemed either -- black it stood as night,
223 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell,
224 And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head
225 The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
226 Satan was now at hand, and from his seat
227 The monster moving onward came as fast
228 With horrid strides; hell trembled as he strode.
230 =head2 v5.24.1-RC3 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica III: Paradise, Canto XXIII
232 L<Announced on 2016-08-11 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/08/msg238909.html>
234 A bird within the bower of her delight,
235 Quiet upon the nest with her sweet brood
236 Throughout the dark concealment of the night,
238 Anxious to look on them and gather food -
239 No weary task for her, for as at play
240 Blithely she toils to seek her fledglings' good -
242 Before the time, upon the topmost spray
243 Eager awaits the sun and on the East
244 Fixes her wakeful eye till break of day.
246 =head2 v5.24.1-RC2 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica II: Purgatory, Canto X
248 L<Announced on 2016-07-25 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238269.html>
250 When we had crossed the threshold of that gate
251 Which the soul's evil loves put out of use,
252 Because they make the crooked path seem straight,
254 I heard its closing clang ring clamorous,
255 And had I then turned back my eyes to it
256 How could my fault have found the least excuse?
258 We had to climb now through a rocky slit
259 Which ran from side to side in many a swerve,
260 As runs the wave in onset and retreat.
262 "Now here," the master said, "we must observe
263 Some little caution, hugging now this wall,
264 Now that, upon the far side of the curve."
266 =head2 v5.24.1-RC1 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica I: Hell, Canto XX
268 L<Announced on 2016-07-17 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238072.html>
270 New punishments behoves me sing in this
271 Twentieth canto of my first canticle,
272 Which tells of spirits sunk in the Abyss.
274 I now stood ready to observe the full
275 Extent of the new chasm thus laid bare,
276 Drenched as it was in tears most miserable.
278 Through the round vale I saw folk drawing near,
279 Weeping and silent, and at such slow pace
280 As Litany processions keep, up here.
282 And presently, when I had dropped my gaze
283 Lower than the head, I saw them strangely wried
284 'Twixt collar-bone and chin, so that the face
286 Of each was turned towards his own backside,
287 And backwards must they needs creep with their feet,
288 All power of looking forward being denied.
290 =head2 v5.24.0 - Robert Frost, "The Black Cottage"
292 L<Announced on 2016-05-09 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/05/msg236242.html>
294 As I sit here, and oftentimes, I wish
295 I could be monarch of a desert land
296 I could devote and dedicate forever
297 To the truths we keep coming back and back to.
298 So desert it would have to be, so walled
299 By mountain ranges half in summer snow,
300 No one would covet it or think it worth
301 The pains of conquering to force change on.
302 Scattered oases where men dwelt, but mostly
303 Sand dunes held loosely in tamarisk
304 Blown over and over themselves in idleness.
305 Sand grains should sugar in the natal dew
306 The babe born to the desert, the sand storm
307 Retard mid-waste my cowering caravans—
309 “There are bees in this wall.” He struck the clapboards,
310 Fierce heads looked out; small bodies pivoted.
311 We rose to go. Sunset blazed on the windows.
313 =head2 v5.24.0-RC5 - The Mountain Goats, "No Children"
315 L<Announced on 2016-05-04 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/05/msg236198.html>
317 And I hope when you think of me years down the line
318 You can't find one good thing to say
319 And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
320 You'd stay the hell out of my way
322 I am drowning, there is no sign of land
323 You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand
325 =head2 v5.24.0-RC4 - The Joker in "The Killing Joke"
327 L<Announced on 2016-05-02 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/05/msg236145.html>
329 "See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum…"
331 =head2 v5.24.0-RC3 - Jesse Vincent
333 L<Announced on 2016-04-27 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/04/msg236066.html>
335 The Great Pumpkin is a Santa-Claus like figure. He does bring toys like
336 Santa. But unlike Santa, who gives away toys because it's his job, he
337 gives away toys because it's the right thing to do.
339 =head2 v5.24.0-RC2 - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
341 L<Announced on 2016-04-23 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/04/msg235999.html>
343 “How do you feel, Yossarian?”
345 “Fine. No, I’m very frightened.”
347 “That’s good,” said Major Danby. “It proves you’re still alive. It won’t
350 Yossarian started out. “Yes it will.”
352 “I mean it, Yossarian. You’ll have to keep on your toes every minute of
353 every day. They’ll bend heaven and earth to catch you.”
355 “I’ll keep on my toes every minute.”
357 “You’ll have to jump.”
361 “Jump!” Major Danby cried.
365 Nately’s [girl] was hiding just outside the door. The knife came down,
366 missing him by inches, and he took off.
368 =head2 v5.24.0-RC1 - Robert Frost, "The Census-Taker"
370 L<Announced on 2016-04-14 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/04/msg235807.html>
372 Nothing was left to do that I could see
373 Unless to find that there was no one there
374 And declare to the cliffs too far for echo,
375 "The place is desert, and let whoso lurks
376 In silence, if in this he is aggrieved,
377 Break silence now or be forever silent.
378 Let him say why it should not be declared so."
379 The melancholy of having to count souls
380 Where they grow fewer and fewer every year
381 Is extreme where they shrink to none at all.
382 It must be I want life to go on living.
384 =head2 v5.23.9 - Tom Kitchin, "from nature to plate"
386 L<Announced on 2016-03-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/03/msg235251.html>
390 Spring is the proper beginning of my kitchen and a season that I
391 look forward to with great anticipation. By the time spring arrives
392 I am desperate to welcome all the spring produce into my kitchen
393 and I long to work with fresh green vegetables again. As much as I
394 love root vegetables, such as celeriac and parsnips, and the heaver
395 meat and game dishes, I'm ready to leave those behind with winter
396 and begin a new adventure.
398 Somehow spring always gives me a little bit of bounce in my feet
399 -- I feel like I want to kick off my shoes and dance around in my
400 kitchen. Not that I do, of course, but I feel lighter somehow. My
401 adrenalin kicks in with spring and so does the level of excitement,
402 as I think about all the produce that is about to come in.
404 The moment spring arrives I'm eager to cook peas, broad beans, green
405 asparagus and other fresh vegetables! I want to create lighter,
406 brighter dishes and I can't wait to get my hands on the first greens
407 and the first morels, not to mention the first wild Scottish salmon.
408 Thanks to my network of trusted suppliers, I always get to first
409 produce of the season delivered to my restaurant as soon as it is
410 possible. I want my customers to experience and understand the
411 beauty of locally grown produce and to try things the minute they
412 are available so they can taste how incredibly fresh the ingredients
413 are. I also want them to understand the relationship between
414 seasonality and flavours. One of the most important things to
415 remember is to allow the seasons to inspire your dishes and help
416 you make natural matches. Wild spring herbs, such as sorrel, sweet
417 cicely and wild garlic, as well as spring salad leaves and green
418 lettuce served with wild salmon, wild sea trout, lamb or rabbit are
419 marriages made in heaven.
422 =head2 v5.23.8 - Patrick Rothfuss, "The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller's Chronicle: Day Two)"
424 L<Announced on 2016-02-20 by Sawyer X|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/02/msg234535.html>
426 Denna, on the other hand, had never been trained. She knew nothing
427 of shortcuts. You'd think she'd be forced to wander the city, lost and
428 helpless, trapped in a twisting maze of mortared stone.
430 But instead, she simply walked throught the walls. She didn't know
431 any better. Nobody had ever told her she couldn't. Because of this,
432 she moved through the city like some faerie creature. She walked roads
433 no one else could see, and it made her music wild and strange and
436 =head2 v5.23.7 - William Gibson, "Neuromancer"
438 L<Announced on 2016-01-20 by Stevan Little|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/01/msg233856.html>
440 A year here and he still dreamed of cyberspace, hope fading
441 nightly. All the speed he took, all the turns he'd taken and
442 the corners he cut in Night City, and he'd still see the matrix
443 in his dreams, bright lattices of logic unfolding across that
444 colourless void...The Sprawl was a long, strange way home now
445 over the Pacific, and he was no Console Man, no cyberspace
446 cowboy. Just another hustler, trying to make it through. But
447 the dreams came on in the Japanese night like livewire voodoo,
448 and he'd cry for it, cry in his sleep, and wake alone in the
449 dark, curled in his capsule in some coffin hotel, hands clawed
450 into the bedslab, temper foam bunched between his fingers,
451 trying to reach the console that wasn't there.
453 =head2 v5.23.6 - 5.23 Episode VII
455 L<Announced on 2015-12-21 by David Golden|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/12/msg233475.html>
457 A long time ago in microseconds, in a galaxy not very far away...
463 unrest as separatists
464 announce their intentions
465 to fork PERL and return the
466 galaxy to speed and stability.
468 Chancellor Rik Hoolian struggles
469 to hold together the remains of the
470 once mighty Republic against a tide of
471 incivility and the depredations of a new
472 foe, the FUZZ RAIDERS.
474 Meanwhile, after 15 years of preparation and
475 high expectations, Supreme Leader Toady prepares
476 to unleash a devastating new weapon, PERL SIXDOTOH,
477 that could splinter the Republic forever and usher in
478 a new Empire of gradual typing....
480 =head2 v5.23.5 - utastro!nather (Ed Nather), "The Story of Mel", in net.jokes, May 21, 1983.
482 L<Announced on 2015-11-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/11/msg232758.html>
484 After Mel had left the company for greener pa$ture$, the Big Boss asked
485 me to look at the code and see if I could find the test and reverse it.
486 Somewhat reluctantly, I agreed to look. Tracking Mel's code was a real
489 I have often felt that programming is an art form, whose real value can
490 only be appreciated by another versed in the same arcane art; there are
491 lovely gems and brilliant coups hidden from human view and admiration,
492 sometimes forever, by the very nature of the process. You can learn a
493 lot about an individual just by reading through his code, even in
494 hexadecimal. Mel was, I think, an unsung genius.
496 Perhaps my greatest shock came when I found an innocent loop that had
497 no test in it. No test. None. Common sense said it had to be a closed
498 loop, where the program would circle, forever, endlessly. Program
499 control passed right through it, however, and safely out the other side.
500 It took me two weeks to figure it out.
502 The RPC-4000 computer had a really modern facility called an index
503 register. It allowed the programmer to write a program loop that used
504 an indexed instruction inside; each time through, the number in the
505 index register was added to the address of that instruction, so it
506 would refer to the next datum in a series. He had only to increment
507 the index register each time through. Mel never used it.
509 Instead, he would pull the instruction into a machine register, add one
510 to its address, and store it back. He would then execute the modified
511 instruction right from the register. The loop was written so this
512 additional execution time was taken into account -- just as this
513 instruction finished, the next one was right under the drum's read head,
514 ready to go. But the loop had no test in it.
516 The vital clue came when I noticed the index register bit, the bit that
517 lay between the address and the operation code in the instruction word,
518 was turned on -- yet Mel never used the index register, leaving it zero
519 all the time. When the light went on it nearly blinded me.
521 He had located the data he was working on near the top of memory -- the
522 largest locations the instructions could address -- so, after the last
523 datum was handled, incrementing the instruction address would make it
524 overflow. The carry would add one to the operation code, changing it to
525 the next one in the instruction set: a jump instruction. Sure enough,
526 the next program instruction was in address location zero, and the
527 program went happily on its way.
529 =head2 v5.23.4 - Denis Diderot, trans. David Coward, "Jacques the Fatalist"
531 L<Announced on 2015-10-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/10/msg232040.html>
533 Well, everybody's got a dog. The prime minister is the king's dog. The
534 first secretary is the prime minister's dog. A wife is a husband's dog,
535 or a husband is a wife's dog. Favourite is Madame So-and-so's dog and
536 Thibaut is the man on the corner's dog. When my Master tells me to talk
537 when I'd prefer not to, which to be honest doesn't happen very often,
538 when he tells me to shut up when I feel like talking, which I find very
539 difficult, when he asks me to tell the story of my love-life and then
540 keeps interrupting, what am I if not his dog? Weak men are the dogs of
543 =head2 v5.23.3 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Deacon’s Masterpiece or The Wonderful 'One-Hoss Shay': A Logical Story"
545 L<Announced on 2015-09-20 by Peter Martini|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/09/msg231173.html>
547 Little of of all we value here
548 Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
549 Without both feeling and looking queer.
550 In fact, there’s nothing that keeps its youth,
551 So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
552 (This is a moral that runs at large;
553 Take it. — You’re welcome. — No extra charge.)
555 =head2 v5.23.2 - Blind Guardian, "Skalds and Shadows"
557 L<Announced on 2015-08-20 by Matthew Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/08/msg230298.html>
559 Would you believe in a night like this
560 A night like this, when visions come true
561 Would you believe in a tale like this
562 A lay of bliss, praise in the old lore
563 Come to the blazing fire and
565 See me in the shadows
566 See me in the shadows
570 This night turns into myth
573 The world we live in is another skald's
577 Do you believe there is sense in it
579 They´re one in my rhymes
580 Nobody knows the meaning behind
582 Well nobody else but the Norns can
583 See through the blazing fires of time and
584 All things will proceed as the
585 Child of the hallowed
586 Will speak to you now
588 See me in the shadows
589 See me in the shadows
590 Songs I will sing of tribes and kings
591 The carrion bird and the hall of the slain
594 The world we live in is another skald´s
598 Do not fear for my reason
599 There's nothing to hide
600 How bitter your treason
602 Remember the runes and remember the light
603 All I ever want is to be at your side
604 We'll gladden the raven now I will
605 Run through the blazing fires
607 Cause things shall proceed as foreseen
609 =head2 v5.23.1 - Elizabeth Haydon, "The Assassin King"
611 L<Announced on 2015-07-20 by Matthew Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/07/msg229413.html>
613 I was born beneath this willow,
614 Where my sire the earth did farm
615 Had the green grass as my pillow
616 The east wind as a blanket warm.
618 But away! away! called the wind from the west
619 And in answer I did run
620 Seeking glory and adventure
621 Promised by the rising sun.
623 I found love beneath this willow,
624 As true a love as life could hold,
625 Pledged my heart and swore my fealty
626 Sealed with a kiss and a band of gold.
628 But to arms! to arms! called the wind from the west
629 In faithful answer I did run
630 Marching forth for king and country
631 In battles 'neath the midday sun.
633 Oft I dreamt of that fair willow
634 As the seven seas I plied
635 And the girl who I left waiting
636 Longing to be at her side.
638 But about! about! called the wind from the west
639 As once again my ship did run
640 Down the coast, about the wide world
641 Flying sails in the setting sun.
643 Now I lie beneath the willow
644 Now at last no more to roam,
645 My bride and earth so tightly hold me
646 In their arms I'm finally home.
648 While away! away! calls the wind from the west
649 Beyond the grave my spirit, free
650 Will chase the sun into the morning
651 Beyond the sky, beyond the sea.
653 =head2 v5.23.0 - Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm"
655 L<Announced on 2015-06-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/06/msg228807.html>
657 I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
658 I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
661 But everybody wants you
663 They sing while you slave and I just get bored
664 I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
666 =head2 v5.22.3-RC4 - John Milton, ed. Gordon Campbell, "Paradise Lost", Book II
668 L<Announced on 2016-10-12 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/10/msg240223.html>
670 Far off from these, a slow and silent stream,
671 Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls
672 Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks
673 Forthwith his former state and being forgets --
674 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
675 Beyond this flood a frozen continent
676 Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms
677 Of Whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land
678 Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems
679 Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice,
680 A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog
681 Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old,
682 Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air
683 Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
684 Thither, by harpy-footed Furies haled,
685 At certain revolutions all the damned
686 Are brought; and feel by turns the bitter change
687 Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce,
688 From beds of raging fire to starve in ice
689 Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine
690 Immovable, infixed, and frozen round
691 Periods of time -- thence hurried back to fire.
692 They ferry over this Lethean sound
693 Both to and fro, their sorrow to augment,
694 And wish and struggle, as they pass, to reach
695 The tempting stream, with one small drop to lose
696 In sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe,
697 All in one moment, and so near the brink;
698 But fate withstands, and, to oppose the attempt,
699 Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards
700 The ford, and of itself the water flies
701 All taste of living wight, as once it fled
704 =head2 v5.22.3-RC3 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica III: Paradise, Canto IV
706 L<Announced on 2016-08-11 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/08/msg238908.html>
708 Between two dishes, equally attractive
709 And near to him, a free man, I suppose,
710 Would starve to death before his teeth got active;
712 So would a lamb 'twixt two fierce wolfish foes,
713 Fearing the fangs both ways, not stir a foot;
714 So would a deerhound halt between two does;
716 So I can't blame myself for standing mute,
717 Nor praise myself: for I must needs so do,
718 Suspended 'twixt two doubts, alike acute.
720 =head2 v5.22.3-RC2 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica II: Purgatory, Canto I
722 L<Announced on 2016-07-25 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238270.html>
724 For better waters heading with the wind
725 My ship of genius now shakes out her sail
726 And leaves that ocean of despair behind;
728 For to the second realm I tune my tale,
729 Where human spirits purge themselves, and train
730 To leap up into joy celestial.
732 Now from the grave wake poetry again,
733 O sacred Muses I have served so long!
734 Now let Calliope uplift her strain
736 And lift my voice up on the mighty song
737 That smote the miserable Magpies nine
738 Out of all hope of pardon for their wrong!
740 =head2 v5.22.3-RC1 - Dante Alighieri, trans. Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Divine Comedy", Cantica I: Hell, Canto XII
742 L<Announced on 2016-07-17 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238071.html>
744 The place we came to, to descend the brink from,
745 Was sheer crag; and there was a Thing there - making,
746 All told, a prospect any eye would shrink from.
748 Like the great landslide that rushed downward, shaking
749 The bank of Adige on this side Trent,
750 (Whether through faulty shoring or the earth's quaking)
752 So that the rock, down from the summit rent
753 Far as the plain, lies strewn, and one might crawl
754 From top to bottom by that unsure descent,
756 Such was the precipice; and there we spied,
757 Topping the cleft that split the rocky wall,
758 That which was wombed in the false heifer's side,
760 The infamy of Crete, stretched out a-sprawl;
761 And seeing us, he gnawed himself, like one
762 Inly devoured with spite and burning gall.
764 =head2 v5.22.2 - Gaston Leroux, trans. Mireille Ribière, "The Phantom of the Opera"
766 L<Announced on 2016-04-29 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/04/msg236120.html>
768 A silence; and then: 'If, in just two minutes' time by my watch--and a
769 splendid watch it is--you have not turned the scorpion, mademoiselle, I
770 shall turn the grasshopper... and the grasshopper, remember, _leaps
771 straight up into the air!_'
772 The silence that ensued was terrifying, worse than any we had
773 experienced before. I knew that when Erik spoke with that quiet,
774 gentle, slightly weary voice, it meant that he had reached the end of
775 his tether: that he was capable of the most abominable crimes or the
776 most selfless devotion; that the slightest irritation might unleash a
778 Realizing that our fate was out of our hands, the Viscount fell to his
779 knees and prayed. As for me, I pressed both hands to my chest, for my
780 heart was pounding so fiercely that I thought it would burst. We were
781 intensely aware of the excruciating dilemma Christine Daaé faced in
782 those final seconds. We understood why she hesitated to turn the
783 scorpion. What if the scorpion, rather than the grasshopper, were to
784 set off the explosion? What if Erik was simply intent on destroying
785 everything, regardless?
786 At last he spoke: 'The two minutes are up,' he said in a soft, angelic
787 voice. 'Goodbye, mademoiselle. Off you go, little grasshopper!'
789 =head2 v5.22.2-RC1 - Gaston Leroux, trans. Mireille Ribière, "The Phantom of the Opera"
791 L<Announced on 2016-04-10 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/04/msg235732.html>
793 This annual ball was quite a magnificent affair. It was given some time
794 before Shrovetide to celebrate the birthday of a famous illustrator
795 whose pencil had immortalized, in the style of Gavarni, the extravagant
796 carnival parade down La Courtille. As such, the ball was an altogether
797 merrier, noisier and more Bohemian occasion than was usual for a masked
798 ball. Many artists had arranged to meet there; they arrived with an
799 entourage of models and pupils, who, by midnight, had become quite
801 Raoul climbed the grand staircase at five minutes to midnight. He did
802 not linger to admire the many-coloured costumes on display all the way
803 up the marble steps of one of the most luxurious settings in the world;
804 nor did he allow himself to be drawn into the facetious conversation of
805 masked guests. He simply ignored all the jesting remarks, and shook off
806 the attentions of several all too merry couples.
807 Crossing the big crush-room and escaping from the dancers' farandole
808 that had encircled him awhile, he at last entered the salon mentioned by
809 Christine in her letter. The small room was crammed with people either
810 on their way to supper at the restaurant in the Rotunda or back from
811 raising a glass of champagne.
812 In the midst of the gay and lively hubbub, Raoul thought that, for their
813 mysterious assignation, Christine must have preferred this crowd to some
815 He leaned against a door-jamb and waited. He did not have to wait long;
816 a black domino passed him and deftly touched his hand. He understood
817 that it was Christine and followed her.
818 'Is that you, Christine?' he murmured, barely moving his slips.
819 The black domino promptly looked back and raised her finger to her lips,
820 no doubt to caution him against uttering her name again. Raoul followed
823 =head2 v5.22.1 - Wilhelm Müller, trans. Anon., "Courage" (No. 22 in Schubert's song-cycle, "Winterreise")
825 L<Announced on 2015-12-13 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/12/msg233318.html>
827 If the snow flies in my face,
828 Let me shake it off me!
829 If my heart within me speaks,
830 I'll sing bright and gaily!
832 Will not listen what it says,
833 Have no ears for moaning.
834 Do not feel what it complains,--
835 Only fools like groaning!
837 Jolly brave into the world,
838 'Gainst all wind and weather,--
839 If there is no God on earth,
840 Let 's be gods down nether!
842 =head2 v5.22.1-RC4 - Wilhelm Müller, trans. Anon., "The Signpost" (No. 20 in Schubert's song-cycle, "Winterreise")
844 L<Announced on 2015-12-08 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/12/msg233215.html>
846 Why do I shun all those highways
847 Which the other wanderer seeks?
848 Why do I find bridged by-ways
849 Through snow-covered deep creeks?
851 For I have no crime committed,
852 Why I should now run from men,--
853 What demented heart's desire
854 Drives me to a desert glen?
856 Signposts on all highways stationed
857 Point their signs toward the towns,
858 Whilst I wonder 'yond moderation,
859 Without rest, yet seeking rest!
861 One such signpost I see planted
862 Of my question unconcerned,
863 One road must my choice be granted,
864 Whence no man has yet returned!
866 =head2 v5.22.1-RC3 - Wilhelm Müller, trans. Anon., "Stormy Morning" (No. 18 in Schubert's song-cycle, "Winterreise")
868 L<Announced on 2015-12-02 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/12/msg233032.html>
870 How the storm tore rents
871 In heavens gray attired!
872 The rags of cloud are flying
873 Around, of combat tired.
875 And flames of fire lambent,
876 Fly between them and part,
877 That 's what I call a morning,
878 A morning after my heart!
880 My heart sees in the heavens
881 Its own picture unspoilt--
882 It's nothing but the Winter,
883 The Winter, cold and wild.
885 =head2 v5.22.1-RC2 - Wilhelm Müller, trans. Anon., "The Old Head" (No. 14 in Schubert's song-cycle, "Winterreise")
887 L<Announced on 2015-11-15 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/11/msg232632.html>
889 The hoary frost has a white sheen
890 Strewn all over my hair,
891 So I thought I was an old man
892 And thought life dealt me fair.
894 Yet soon was thawed my old white mane,
895 And I have my black hair again.
896 How I abhor my young fair years,
897 How long to wait for death and biers?
899 From setting sun to morning's hue
900 Many a head turns white.
901 Who'll credit it? My hair did not
902 In all this lifelong plight!
904 =head2 v5.22.1-RC1 - Wilhelm Müller, trans. Anon., "Will-o'-the Wisp" (No. 9 in Schubert's song-cycle, "Winterreise")
906 L<Announced on 2015-10-31 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/10/msg232321.html>
908 In the deepest rocky crevice
909 A will-o'-the wisp lured me;
910 How I could find my way from here,
911 For me it's easy memory!
913 For I am used to straying ways,
914 Every path to th'end a way,
915 All our joys and all our suffering,--
916 To a will-o'-the wisp it 's all play!
918 Through the dried-up bed of torrents
919 I quite calmly downward stroll;
920 Every stream its sea will enter,
921 Every suffering finds its goal!
923 =head2 v5.22.0 - Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
925 L<Announced on 2015-06-01 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/06/msg228300.html>
927 “You are the advocate of the dead.”
929 The old man nodded. “I am. People talk about being fair to this one and
930 that one, but nobody I ever heard talks about doing right by them. We
931 take everything they had, which is all right. And spit, most often, on
932 their opinions, which I suppose is all right too. But we ought to
933 remember now and then how much of what we have we got from them. I
934 figure while I’m still here I ought to put a word in for them.”
936 =head2 v5.22.0-RC2 - T.S. Eliot, unpublished work
938 L<Announced on 2015-05-21 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/05/msg228142.html>
940 And when thyself with silver foot shall pass
941 Among the theories scattered on the grass
942 Take up my good intentions with the rest
944 =head2 v5.22.0-RC1 - Gene Wolfe, Citadel of the Autarch
946 L<Announced on 2015-05-19 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/05/msg228059.html>
948 There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by
949 its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.
951 =head2 v5.21.11 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, "Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs)"
953 L<Announced on 2015-04-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/04/msg227472.html>
955 They shall pass and their places be taken,
956 The gods and the priests that are pure.
957 They shall pass, and shalt thou not be shaken?
958 They shall perish, and shalt thou endure?
959 Death laughs, breathing close and relentless
960 In the nostrils and eyelids of lust,
961 With a pinch in his fingers of scentless
964 But the worm shall revive thee with kisses;
965 Thou shalt change and transmute as a god,
966 As the rod to a serpent that hisses,
967 As the serpent again to a rod.
968 Thy life shall not cease though thou doff it;
969 Thou shalt live until evil be slain,
970 And good shall die first, said thy prophet,
973 =head2 v5.21.10 - Aldous Huxley, "The Devils of Loudun"
975 L<Announced on 2015-03-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/03/msg226847.html>
977 The fire burned on, the good fathers continued to sprinkle and intone.
978 Suddenly a flock of pigeons came swooping down from the church and
979 started to wheel around the roaring column of flame and smoke. The
980 crowd shouted, the archers waved their halberds at the birds, Lactance
981 and Tranquille splashed them on the wing with holy water. In vain. The
982 pigeons were not to be driven away. Round and round they flew, diving
983 through the smoke, singeing their feathers in the flames. Both parties
984 claimed a miracle. For the parson's enemies the birds, quite obviously,
985 were a troop of devils, come to fetch away his soul. For his friends,
986 they were emblems of the Holy Ghost and living proof of his innocence.
987 It never seems to have occurred to anyone that they were just pigeons,
988 obeying the laws of their own, their blessedly other-than-human nature.
990 =head2 v5.21.9 - Emily Dickinson, "There is Another Sky"
992 L<Announced on 2015-02-20 by Sawyer X|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/02/msg226002.html>
994 There is another sky,
995 Ever serene and fair,
996 And there is another sunshine,
997 Though it be darkness there;
998 Never mind faded forests, Austin,
999 Never mind silent fields -
1000 Here is a little forest,
1001 Whose leaf is ever green;
1002 Here is a brighter garden,
1003 Where not a frost has been;
1004 In its unfading flowers
1005 I hear the bright bee hum:
1006 Prithee, my brother,
1007 Into my garden come!
1009 =head2 v5.21.8 - Bill Watterson, "Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection"
1011 L<Announced on 2015-01-20 by Matthew Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/01/msg224869.html>
1013 Calvin: OK Hobbes, press the button and duplicate me.
1014 Hobbes: Are you sure this is such a good idea?
1015 Calvin: Brother! You doubting Thomases get in the way of more scientific advances with your stupid ethical questions! This is a *BRILLIANT* idea! Hit the button, will ya?
1016 Hobbes: I'd hate to be accused of inhibiting scientific progress... Here you go.
1018 Hobbes: Scientific progress goes "BOINK"?
1019 Calvin?: It worked! It worked! I'm a genius!
1020 Cavlin??: No you're not, you liar! *I* invented this!
1022 =head2 v5.21.7 - Robert Heinlein, "The Number of the Beast"
1024 L<Announced on 2014-12-20 by Max Maischein|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/12/msg223774.html>
1026 "Zebadiah, Hilda and I salvaged and put everything into the basket.
1027 Hilda started to put it into our wardrobe-and it was heavy. So
1028 we looked. Packed as tight as when we left Oz. Six bananas-and
1029 everything else. Cross my heart. No, go look."
1030 "Hmmm- Jake, can you write equations for a picnic basket that
1031 refills itself? Will it go on doing so?"
1032 "Zeb, equations can be written to describe anything. The description
1033 would be simpler for a basket that replenishes itself indefinitely
1034 than for one that does it once and stops-I would have to describe
1037 =head2 v5.21.6 - Jeff Noon, "Vurt"
1039 L<Announced on 2014-11-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/11/msg222448.html>
1043 EXCHANGE MECHANISMS. Sometimes we lose precious
1044 things. Friends and colleagues, fellow travellers in the
1045 Vurt, sometimes we lose them; even lovers we sometimes
1046 lose. And get bad things in exchange: aliens, objects,
1047 snakes, and sometimes even death. Things we don't want.
1048 This is part of the deal, part of the game deal;
1049 all things, in all worlds, must be kept in balance.
1050 Kittlings often ask, who decides on the swappings? Now then,
1051 some say it's all accidental; that some poor Vurt thing
1052 finds himself too close to a door, at too critical a time,
1053 just when something real is being lost. Whoosh! Swap time!
1054 Others say that some kind of overseer is working the
1055 MECHANISMS OF EXCHANGE, deciding the fate of innocents.
1056 The Cat can only tease at this, because of the big secrets
1057 involved, and because of the levels between you, the reader,
1058 and me, the Game Cat. Hey, listen; I've struggled to get
1059 where I am today; why should I give you the easy route?
1060 Get working, kittlings! Reach up higher. Work the Vurt.
1062 =head2 v5.21.5 - Friso Wiegersma (text), Jean Ferrat (music), Wim Sonneveld (performer), "Het Dorp"
1064 L<Announced on 2014-10-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/10/msg221399.html>
1068 Thuis heb ik nog een ansichtkaart
1069 waarop een kerk, een kar met paard,
1070 een slagerij J. van der Ven.
1071 Een kroeg, een juffrouw op de fiets
1072 het zegt u hoogstwaarschijnlijk niets,
1073 maar 't is waar ik geboren ben.
1074 Dit dorp, ik weet nog hoe het was,
1075 de boerenkind'ren in de klas,
1076 een kar die ratelt op de keien,
1077 het raadhuis met een pomp ervoor,
1078 een zandweg tussen koren door,
1079 het vee, de boerderijen.
1081 En langs het tuinpad van m'n vader
1082 zag ik de hoge bomen staan.
1083 Ik was een kind en wist niet beter,
1084 dan dat dat nooit voorbij zou gaan.
1086 Wat leefden ze eenvoudig toen
1087 in simp'le huizen tussen groen
1088 met boerenbloemen en een heg.
1089 Maar blijkbaar leefden ze verkeerd,
1090 het dorp is gemoderniseerd
1091 en nu zijn ze op de goeie weg.
1092 Want ziet, hoe rijk het leven is,
1093 ze zien de televisiequiz
1094 en wonen in betonnen dozen,
1095 met flink veel glas, dan kun je zien
1096 hoe of het bankstel staat bij Mien
1097 en d'r dressoir met plastic rozen.
1099 En langs het tuinpad van m'n vader
1100 zag ik de hoge bomen staan.
1101 Ik was een kind en wist niet beter,
1102 dan dat dat nooit voorbij zou gaan.
1104 De dorpsjeugd klit wat bij elkaar
1105 in minirok en beatle-haar
1106 en joelt wat mee met beat-muziek.
1107 Ik weet wel, het is hun goeie recht,
1108 de nieuwe tijd, net wat u zegt,
1109 maar het maakt me wat melancholiek.
1110 Ik heb hun vaders nog gekend
1111 ze kochten zoethout voor een cent
1112 ik zag hun moeders touwtjespringen.
1113 Dat dorp van toen, het is voorbij,
1114 dit is al wat er bleef voor mij:
1115 een ansicht en herinneringen.
1117 Toen ik langs het tuinpad van m'n vader
1118 de hoge bomen nog zag staan.
1119 Ik was een kind, hoe kon ik weten
1120 dat dat voorgoed voorbij zou gaan.
1122 =head2 v5.21.4 - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"
1124 L<Announced on 2014-09-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220267.html>
1126 To-day, being in latitude 83° 20', longitude 43° 5' W. (the sea being
1127 of an extraordinarily dark colour), we again saw land from the
1128 masthead, and, upon a closer scrutiny, found it to be one of a group
1129 of very large islands. The shore was precipitous, and the interior
1130 seemed to be well wooded, a circumstance which occasioned us great
1131 joy. In about four hours from our first discovering the land we came
1132 to anchor in ten fathoms, sandy bottom, a league from the coast, as a
1133 high surf, with strong ripples here and there, rendered a nearer
1134 approach of doubtful expediency. The two largest boats were now
1135 ordered out, and a party, well armed (among whome were Peters and
1136 myself), proceeded to look for an opening in the reef which appeared
1137 to encircle the island. After searching about for some time, we
1138 discovered an inlet, which we were entering, when we saw four large
1139 canoes put off from the shore, filled with men who seemed to be well
1140 armed. We waited for them to come up, and, as they moved with great
1141 rapidity, they were soon within hail. Captain Guy now held up a white
1142 handkerchief on the blade of an oar, when the strangers made a full
1143 stop, and commenced a loud jabbering all at once, intermingled with
1144 occasional shouts, in which we could distinguish the words Anamoo-moo!
1145 and Lama-Lama! They continued this for at least half an hour, during
1146 which we had a good opportunity of observing their appearance.
1148 =head2 v5.21.3 - Robert Service, "The Men that Don't Fit In"
1150 L<Announced on 2014-08-20 by Peter Martini|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/08/msg218826.html>
1152 If they just went straight they might go far,
1153 They are strong and brave and true;
1154 But they're always tired of the things that are,
1155 And they want the strange and new.
1156 They say: "Could I find my proper groove,
1157 What a deep mark I would make!"
1158 So they chop and change, and each fresh move
1159 Is only a fresh mistake.
1161 =head2 v5.21.2 - Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, Final minutes of communication of the first manned moon landing, July 20, 1969
1163 L<Announced on 2014-07-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/07/msg217937.html>
1165 Armstrong: Okay. Here's a...Looks like a good area here.
1166 Aldrin: I got the shadow out there.
1167 Aldrin: 250, down at 2 1/2, 19 forward.
1168 Aldrin: Altitude, velocity lights.
1169 Aldrin: 3 1/2 down, 220 feet, 13 forward.
1170 Aldrin: 11 forward. Coming down nicely.
1171 Armstrong: Gonna be right over that crater.
1172 Aldrin: 200 feet, 4 1/2 down.
1174 Armstrong: I got a good spot [garbled].
1175 Aldrin: 160 feet, 6 1/2 down.
1176 Aldrin: 5 1/2 down, 9 forward. You're looking good.
1178 Aldrin: 100 feet, 3 1/2 down, 9 forward. Five percent. Quantity light.
1179 Aldrin: Okay. 75 feet. And it's looking good. Down a half, 6 forward.
1182 Aldrin: 60 feet, down 2 1/2. 2 forward. 2 forward. That's good.
1183 Aldrin: 40 feet, down 2 1/2. Picking up some dust.
1184 Aldrin: 30 feet, 2 1/2 down. [Garbled] shadow.
1185 Aldrin: 4 forward. 4 forward. Drifting to the right a little. 20 feet,
1188 Aldrin: Drifting forward just a little bit; that's good.
1189 Aldrin: Contact Light.
1190 Armstrong: Shutdown.
1191 Aldrin: Okay. Engine Stop.
1192 Aldrin: ACA out of Detent.
1193 Armstrong: Out of Detent. Auto.
1194 Aldrin: Mode Control, both Auto. Descent Engine Command Override, Off.
1195 Engine Arm, Off. 413 is in.
1196 Duke: We copy you down, Eagle.
1197 Armstrong: Engine arm is off.
1198 Armstrong: Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.
1199 Duke: Roger, Twan...[correcting himself] Tranquility. We copy you on
1200 the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.
1201 We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.
1204 =head2 v5.21.1 - Robert Jordan, "The Crossroads of Twilights", Book 10 of "The Wheel of Time"
1206 L<Announced on 2014-06-20 by Matthew Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/06/msg217030.html>
1208 We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
1209 We ran to the sounds of the thunder.
1210 We danced among the lightning bolts,
1211 and tore the world asunder.
1213 -- Anonymous fragment of a poem believed
1214 written near the end of the previous Age,
1215 known by some as the Third Age.
1216 Sometimes attributed to the Dragon
1219 =head2 v5.21.0 - Friedrich von Schiller, "The Song of the Bell"
1221 L<Announced on 2014-05-27 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/05/msg215826.html>
1223 Walled in fast within the earth
1224 Stands the form burnt out of clay.
1225 This must be the bell’s great birth!
1226 Fellows, lend a hand to-day.
1227 Sweat must trickle now
1228 From the burning brow,
1229 Till the work its master honour.
1230 Blessing comes from Heaven’s Donor.
1232 =head2 v5.20.3 - Elias Lönnrot, trans. Keith Bosley, "The Kalevala", Canto 42: Stealing the Sampo
1234 L<Announced on 2015-09-12 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/09/msg230945.html>
1236 Steady old Väinämöinen
1237 uttered a word and spoke thus:
1238 'No lilting on the waters
1239 and no singing on the waves!
1242 Precious day would pass and night
1243 would overtake us midway
1244 on these wide waters
1245 upon these vast waves.'
1247 The wanton Lemminkäinen
1248 uttered a word and spoke thus:
1249 'The time will pass anyway
1250 the fair day will flee
1251 and the night will come panting
1252 and the twilight will steal in
1253 if you don't sing while you live
1254 nor hum in this world.'
1256 =head2 v5.20.3-RC2 - Anon., trans. Malcolm C. Lyons, "The Story of Abu Muhammad the Idle and the Marvels He Encountered with the Ape As Well As the Marvels of the Seas and Islands", from "Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange"
1258 L<Announced on 2015-08-29 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/08/msg230544.html>
1260 'I fled from Basra, sad and tearful, with no idea where I was going,
1261 and I was reciting these lines:
1263 The pain of parting makes me melt away,
1264 As lovers do when those they love are harsh.
1265 I wonder at the patience that I showed
1266 When I had lost my love, for that was wonderful.
1267 Beloved, do you know that since you left,
1268 I have remained confused in misery.
1270 I then heard a voice that said: "Damn you, have you no fear of
1271 Almighty God that you hand over a girl to an unbelieving 'ifrit?" I
1272 walked for a time amongst the palm-trees until I caught sight of a
1273 person, whom I approached. When I asked him who he was he said: "I
1274 am one of the jinn who were converted to Islam at the hands of 'Ali
1275 ibn Abi Talib, may God ennoble him." "How can I get to my wife?" I
1276 asked him, and he said: "Wretched fellow, you had a bird which you
1277 allowed to fly away and now you want to fly after it." But he
1278 added: "Follow this road with God's blessing all night until dawn
1279 and then by the shore you will see a huge cave in which there is an
1280 idol made of white stone. You must drink of the water that there is
1281 coming out of the cave and smear your face with its mud. Stay there
1282 and a barge will pass you as you stand opposite the statue. Various
1283 different creatures will emerge, heads without bodies and bodies
1284 without heads, and they will prostrate themselves in adoration to
1285 the idol rather than to Almighty God. When you see that, embark on
1286 the barge and cross to the other bank and walk along it until
1287 sunset. On a high point you will see a castle built of bricks of
1288 gold and silver. That is where your 'ifrit will be. I have now
1289 told you about this, so goodbye."
1291 =head2 v5.20.3-RC1 - Anon., trans. Malcolm C. Lyons, "The Story of Abu Muhammad the Idle and the Marvels He Encountered with the Ape As Well As the Marvels of the Seas and Islands", from "Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange"
1293 L<Announced on 2015-08-22 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/08/msg230359.html>
1295 'On the night of the wedding the ape came to sit in front of me and
1296 asked me what I intended to do. "Whatever you tell me," I replied,
1297 and he said: "Take care not to covet the girl, or I shall come back
1298 and burn you up and leave you as a lesson for those who can learn."
1299 I agreed to this and when evening came I found the world full of
1300 candles and torches burning in holders of gold and silver. There
1301 were servants and serving girls, and everyone who saw me
1302 congratulated me on my good fortune, as there was no girl on the
1303 face of the earth more beautiful than my bride.
1305 'Next morning I went out to the market, and people went in and asked
1306 her how the night had been. "He never looked up at me," she told
1307 them. Then, when it was afternoon, I went to my house, where the
1308 ape was sitting by the door. "Tell me what you did," it said, and I
1309 told it: "By God, I did not learn and do not know whether this was a
1310 man or a girl." "That's what I want," it said.
1312 'On the second night my bride was brought to me, after which the
1313 servants left her and went away. She fell asleep, and, while she
1314 was sleeping, I killed the cock, wrapped it in the cloth and put the
1315 four poles from the couch over it. Suddenly there was a huge crash
1316 like a peal of thunder and a fiery 'ifrit swooped on the girl. I
1317 fainted at the sight and when I recovered I heard a voice saying:
1318 "By the Lord of the Ka'ba, the girl has been carried off!" and there
1319 was a sound like the rustling of wind and bitter weeping. At this I
1320 shed tears, struck my head and was filled with regret when it was no
1321 longer of any use, for to me the whole world was worth no more than
1324 =head2 v5.20.2 - Jonathan "Jonti" Picking, L<"Magical Trevor"|http://www.weebls-stuff.com/other-toons/video/magical-trevor.html>
1326 L<Announced on 2015-02-14 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/02/msg225777.html>
1328 Everyone loves Magical Trevor,
1329 'Cos the tricks that he does are ever so clever;
1330 Look at him now, disappearin' the cow,
1331 Where is the cow hidden right now?
1333 Taking a bow, it's Magical Trevor,
1334 Everybody's seen that the trick is clever;
1335 Look at him there with his leathery, leathery whip!
1336 It's made of magic, and with a little flip--
1338 Yeah, yeah, yeah, the cow is back,
1339 Yeah, yeah, yeah, the cow is back;
1340 Back, back, back from his magical journey,
1343 What did he see in the parallel dimension?
1344 He saw beans, lots of beans, lots of beans, lots of beans;
1345 Oh, beans, lots of beans, lots of beans, lots of beans,
1348 =head2 v5.20.2-RC1 - Jonathan "Jonti" Picking, L<"Scampi"|http://www.weebls-stuff.com/other-toons/video/scampi.html>
1350 L<Announced on 2015-02-01 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2015/02/msg225273.html>
1353 I've seen them with my eyes;
1355 They're often in disguise.
1357 Like carrots, handbags, cheese, toilets,
1358 Russians, planets, hamsters, weddings,
1359 Poets, Stalin, Kuala Lumpur!
1360 Pygmies, budgies, Kuala Lumpur!
1363 I've seen them with my eyes;
1365 They're often in disguise.
1367 Like carrots, handbags, cheese...
1369 =head2 v5.20.1 - Lorenzo da Ponte, trans. Diana Reed, "Così fan tutte"
1371 L<Announced on 2014-09-14 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg219789.html>
1373 DORABELLA (as if waking from a daze): Where are they?
1374 DON ALFONSO: They've gone.
1375 FIORDILIGI: Oh, the cruel bitterness of parting!
1378 Take heart, my dearest children.
1379 Look, in the distance, your lovers are waving to you.
1381 FIORDILIGI: Bon voyage, my darling!
1382 DORABELLA: Bon voyage!
1385 O heavens! How swiftly the ship is sailing away!
1386 It is disappearing already!
1387 It is no longer in sight!
1388 Oh, may heaven grant it a prosperous voyage!
1390 DORABELLA: May good luck attend it to the battlefield!
1391 DON ALFONSO: And may your sweethearts and my friends be safe!
1393 FIORDILIGI, DORABELLA, DON ALFONSO:
1394 May the wind be gentle,
1395 may the sea be calm,
1396 and may the elements
1400 =head2 v5.20.1-RC2 - Lorenzo da Ponte, trans. William Weaver, "Così fan tutte"
1402 L<Announced on 2014-09-07 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg219446.html>
1405 Oh God, I feel that this foot of mine
1406 is reluctant to come before her.
1413 The hero displays his manliness
1414 in the most terrible moments.
1416 FIORDILIGI, DORABELLA:
1417 Now that we have heard the news,
1418 you have the lesser duty:
1419 Take heart, and plunge your swords
1420 into both our hearts.
1422 FERRANDO, GUGLIELMO:
1424 that I must abandon you.
1426 DORABELLA: Ah no, you shall not leave...
1427 FIORDILIGI: No, cruel one, you shall not go...
1428 DORABELLA: First I want to tear out my heart.
1429 FIORDILIGI: First I want to die at your feet.
1430 FERRANDO (softly to Don Alfonso): What do you say to that?
1431 GUGLIELMO (softly to Don Alfonso): You realise?
1432 DON ALFONSO (softly): Steady, friend, finem lauda.
1435 Thus destiny defrauds
1436 the hopes of mortals.
1437 Ah, among so many misfortunes,
1438 who can ever love life?
1440 =head2 v5.20.1-RC1 - Lorenzo da Ponte, trans. William Weaver, "Così fan tutte"
1442 L<Announced on 2014-08-25 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/08/msg218975.html>
1445 I'd like to speak, but I haven't the heart:
1447 My voice cannot emerge,
1448 but remains in my throat.
1449 What will you do? What shall I do?
1450 Oh what a great catastrophe!
1451 There can be nothing worse.
1452 I feel pity for you and for them.
1454 FIORDILIGI: Heavens! For mercy's sake, Signor Alfonso, don't make us
1456 DON ALFONSO: My children, you must arm yourselves with constancy.
1457 DORABELLA: Ye Gods! What evil has occurred? What horrible event? Is my
1459 FIORDILIGI: Is mine dead?
1460 DON ALFONSO: They are not dead, but they are not far from it.
1464 DON ALFONSO: Nor that.
1465 FIORDILIGI: What, then?
1466 DON ALFONSO: A royal command summons them to the field of battle.
1467 FIORDILIGI, DORABELLA: Alas, what do I hear? And they will leave?
1468 DON ALFONSO: Immediately.
1469 DORABELLA: And there is no way of preventing it?
1470 DON ALFONSO: There is none.
1471 FIORDILIGI: And not even a single farewell...
1472 DON ALFONSO: The unhappy men haven't the courage to see you; but if
1473 you wish it, they are ready...
1474 DORABELLA: Where are they?
1475 DON ALFONSO: Come in, friends.
1477 =head2 v5.20.0 - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
1479 L<Announced on 2014-05-27 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/05/msg215815.html>
1481 But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
1482 Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
1483 Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
1484 When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
1485 So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
1486 So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
1488 =head2 v5.20.0-RC1 - Lindsey Buckingham, "Second Hand News"
1490 L<Announced on 2014-05-17 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/05/msg215479.html>
1494 Won't you lay me down in tall grass
1495 And let me do my stuff
1497 =head2 v5.19.11 - Isidore-Lucien Ducasse [as "Comte de Lautréamont"], trans. Paul Knight, "Les Chants de Maldoror"
1499 L<Announced on 2014-04-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/04/msg214580.html>
1501 O rigorous mathematics, I have not forgotten you since your wise lessons,
1502 sweeter than honey, filtered into my heart like a refreshing wave.
1503 Instinctively, from the cradle, I had longed to drink from your source, older
1504 than the sun, and I continue to tread the sacred sanctuary of your solemn
1505 temple, I, the most faithful of your devotees. There was a vagueness in my
1506 mind, something thick as smoke; but I managed to mount the steps which lead to
1507 your altar, and you drove away this dark veil, as the wind blows the
1508 draught-board. You replaced it with excessive coldness, consummate prudence and
1509 implacable logic. With the aid of your fortifying milk, my intellect developed
1510 rapidly and took on immense proportions amid the ravishing lucidity which you
1511 bestow as a gift on all those who sincerely love you. Arithmetic! Algebra!
1512 Geometry! Awe-inspiring trinity! Luminous triangle! He who has not known you
1515 =head2 v5.19.10 - John Chadwick, "The Decipherment of Linear B"
1517 L<Announced on 2014-03-20 by Aaron Crane|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/03/msg213851.html>
1519 The urge to discover secrets is deeply ingrained in human nature; even
1520 the least curious mind is roused by the promise of sharing knowledge
1521 withheld from others. Some are fortunate enough to find a job which
1522 consists in the solution of mysteries, whether it be the physicist who
1523 tracks down a hitherto unknown nuclear particle or the policeman who
1524 detects a criminal. But most of us are driven to sublimate this urge
1525 by the solving of artificial puzzles devised for our entertainment.
1527 =head2 v5.19.9 - R. A. MacAvoy, "Tea with the Black Dragon"
1529 L<Announced on 2014-02-20 by Tony Cook|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/02/msg213047.html>
1531 Old hands. The smell of rain--the smell of Ch'an. Quiet words in
1532 rough Cantonese. "I am not to be your master. Your master has to be
1533 stronger than you are--has to tell you you are a fool and make you
1534 know it. And make you feel content in being a fool. How could I do
1535 that for you? I'm old. You are too strong for me; you are full of
1536 chi." The old man has paused then, huddled against the wind while
1537 clouds thickened above them.
1539 "I will tell you this, Long," he continued, "Before you find yourself
1540 you will lose your chi. Also you will leave behind you all pride of
1541 body, pride of mind. You will be reduced. Like me." The old man
1542 closed his eyes, and rain began to beat against his gray, crew-cut
1543 hair. He pulled his coat closer. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and
1544 he looked Long in the face.
1546 "You must leave China. Go across the ocean. There you will meet your
1547 master." He set down his teacup with a palsied hand. His voice rose,
1550 "I tell you this, most honored and impressive visitor. You are a
1551 fool, yes, but you will find the very thing you seek. You will find
1554 =head2 v5.19.8 - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
1556 L<Announced on 2014-01-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/01/msg211729.html>
1558 “I used to get a big kick out of saving people’s lives. Now I wonder what the
1559 hell’s the point, since they all have to die anyway.”
1561 “Oh, there’s a point, all right,” Dunbar assured him.
1563 “Is there? What is the point?”
1565 “The point is to keep them from dying for as long as you can.”
1567 “Yeah, but what’s the point, since they all have to die anyway?”
1569 “The trick is not to think about that.”
1571 “Never mind the trick. What the hell’s the point?”
1573 Dunbar pondered in silence for a few moments. “Who the hell knows?”
1575 =head2 v5.19.7 - Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse-Five"
1577 L<Announced on 2013-12-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/12/msg210882.html>
1579 And somewhere in there was springtime. The corpse mines were closed
1580 down. The soldiers all left to fight the Russians. In the suburbs,
1581 the women and children dug rifle pits. Billy and the rest of his group
1582 were locked up in the stable in the suburbs. And then, one morning,
1583 they got up to discover that the door was unlocked. World War Two in
1586 Billy and the rest wandered out onto the shady street. The trees were
1587 leafing out. There was nothing going on out there, no traffic of any
1588 kind. There was only one vehicle, an abandoned wagon drawn by two
1589 horses. The wagon was green and coffin-shaped.
1593 One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, "Pee-tee-weet?"
1595 =head2 v5.19.6 - Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Spam"
1597 L<Announced on 2013-11-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/11/msg210043.html>
1599 Interior: cheap cafe. All the customers are Vikings. Mr and Mrs Bun enter downwards (on wires).
1603 Mr. Bun: What have you got, then?
1604 Waitress: Well there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam;
1605 egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam;
1606 spam, spam, spam, egg and spam; spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam;
1607 or lobster thermidor aux crevettes, with a mornay sauce garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried
1609 Mrs. Bun: Have you got anything without spam in it?
1610 Waitress: Well, there's spam, egg, sausage and spam. That's not got MUCH spam in it.
1611 Mrs. Bun: I don't want ANY spam.
1612 Mr. Bun: Why can't she have egg, bacon, spam and sausage?
1613 Mrs. Bun: That's got spam in it!
1614 Mr. Bun: Not as much as spam, egg, sausage and spam.
1615 Mrs. Bun: Look, could I have egg, bacon, spam and sausage, without the spam.
1616 Waitress: Uuuuuuggggh!
1617 Mrs. Bun: What d'you mean, uugggh! I don't like spam.
1618 Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... spam, spam, spam, spam ... lovely spam, wonderful spam ...
1620 (Brief shot of a Viking ship)
1622 Waitress: Shut up. Shut up! Shut up! You can't have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam.
1624 Waitress: No, it wouldn't be egg, bacon, spam and sausage, would it?
1625 Mrs. Bun: I don't like spam!
1627 =head2 v5.19.5 - Charles Baudelaire, trans. James McGowan, "The Flowers of Evil", 51. The Cat
1629 L<Announced on 2013-10-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/10/msg208752.html>
1633 A cat is strolling through my mind
1634 Acting as though he owned the place,
1635 A lovely cat -- strong, charming, sweet.
1636 When he meows, one scarcely hears,
1638 So tender and discreet his tone;
1639 But whether he should growl or purr
1640 His voice is always rich and deep.
1641 That is the secret of his charm.
1643 This purling voice that filters down
1644 Into my darkest depths of soul
1645 Fulfils me like a balanced verse,
1646 Delights me as a potion would.
1648 It puts to sleep the cruellest ills
1649 And keeps a rein on ecstasies --
1650 Without the need for any words
1651 It can pronounce the longest phrase.
1653 Oh no, there is no bow that draws
1654 Across my heart, fine instrument,
1655 And makes to sing so royally
1656 The strongest and the purest chord,
1658 More than your voice, mysterious cat,
1659 Exotic cat, seraphic cat,
1660 In whom all is, angelically,
1661 As subtle as harmonious.
1665 From his soft fur, golden and brown,
1666 Goes out so sweet a scent, one night
1667 I might have been embalmed in it
1668 By giving him one little pet.
1670 He is my household's guardian soul;
1671 He judges, he presides, inspires
1672 All matters in hos royal realm;
1673 Might he be fairy? or a god?
1675 When my eyes, to this cat I love
1676 Drawn as by a magnet's force,
1677 Turn tamely back from that appeal,
1678 And when I look within myself,
1680 I notice with astonishment
1681 The fire of his opal eyes,
1682 Clear beacons glowing, living jewels,
1683 Taking my measure, steadily.
1685 =head2 v5.19.4 - Washington Irving, "The Widow and Her Son"
1687 L<Announced on 2013-09-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/09/msg207969.html>
1689 There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood;
1690 that softens the heart and brings it back to the feelings of infancy.
1691 Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and
1692 despondency — who that has pined on a weary bed in the neglect and
1693 loneliness of a foreign land — but has thought on the mother "that
1694 looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow and administered to
1695 his helplessness. — Oh! there is an enduring tenderness in the love
1696 of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the
1697 heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness — nor daunted by
1698 danger — nor weakened by worthlessness — nor stifled by ingratitude.
1699 She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience — she will
1700 surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment — she will glory in his fame
1701 and exult in his prosperity. And if misfortune overtake him he will
1702 be the dearer to her from misfortune — and if disgrace settle upon his
1703 name, she will still love and cherish him in spite of his disgrace —
1704 and if all the world beside cast him off, she will be all the world to
1707 =head2 v5.19.3 - Andrew Hodges, "Alan Turing: The Enigma"
1709 L<Announced on 2013-08-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/08/msg206318.html>
1711 E.M. Forster, outdoing the King's heresy with grand bravura, had
1712 written in 1938 that if he were faced with the choice between
1713 betraying his country and betraying his friends, he hoped he would
1714 have the courage to betray his country. He would always put the
1715 personal above the political. But for Alan Turing, unlike Forster, or
1716 Wittgenstein, or G.H. Hardy, it was more than a theoretical question.
1717 For him not only had the personal become the political, but the
1718 political was the personal. He had chosen and promised for himself in
1719 working for the government. The choice for him therefore was that
1720 between betraying one part of himself and betraying another part. And
1721 however much he wavered between these alternatives, there was a solid
1722 logic to the mind of security, one that could not be expected to take
1723 an interest in notions of freedom and development. He had no rights
1724 to such things, as he would have had to admit. He might have
1725 outwitted the Home Guard, but when it came to questions that mattered,
1726 there was no doubt that he had placed himself under military law.
1727 There was a war on; there was always a war on now.
1729 =head2 v5.19.2 - Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man-Month"
1731 L<Announced on 2013-07-22 by Aristotle Pagaltzis|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/07/msg204905.html>
1733 The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the
1734 correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life,
1735 showing things that never were nor could be. [...] Not all is delight,
1736 however [...] One must perform perfectly. The computer resembles the
1737 magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of
1738 the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work.
1740 =head2 v5.19.1 - William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
1742 L<Announced on 2013-06-21 by David Golden|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/06/msg203449.html>
1744 Over hill, over dale,
1745 Thorough bush, thorough briar,
1746 Over park, over pale,
1747 Thorough flood, thorough fire,
1748 I do wander everywhere,
1749 Swifter than the moon's sphere;
1750 And I serve the fairy queen,
1751 To dew her orbs upon the green.
1752 The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
1753 In their gold coats, spots you see;
1754 Those be rubies, fairy favours,
1755 In their freckles live our savours.
1756 I must go seek some dew-drops here,
1757 And hang a perl in every cowslip's ear.
1758 Farewell, thou lob of spirits, I'll be gone;
1759 My queen and all her elves come here anon!
1761 =head2 v5.19.0 - Batman, of the Joker, in "The Dark Knight Returns"
1763 L<Announced on 2013-05-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201980.html>
1765 From the beginning, I knew…
1766 …that there was nothing wrong with you…
1770 =head2 v5.18.4 - Robert W. Chambers, Cassilda's Song in "The King in Yellow," Act I, Scene 2
1772 L<Announced on 2014-10-01 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/10/msg220770.html>
1774 Along the shore the cloud waves break,
1775 The twin suns sink beneath the lake,
1776 The shadows lengthen
1779 Strange is the night where black stars rise,
1780 And strange moons circle through the skies
1781 But stranger still is
1784 Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
1785 Where flap the tatters of the King,
1789 Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
1790 Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
1791 Shall dry and die in
1794 =head2 v5.18.3 - (no epigraph)
1798 =head2 v5.18.3-RC2 - Robert W. Chambers, "The King in Yellow", Act I, Scene 2
1800 L<Announced on 2014-09-27 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220613.html>
1802 "Ah! I see it now!" I shrieked. "You have seized the throne and the
1803 empire. Woe! woe to you who are crowned with the crown of the King in
1806 =head2 v5.18.3-RC1 - Robert W. Chambers, "The King in Yellow", Act I, Scene 2
1808 L<Announced on 2014-09-17 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220072.html>
1810 CAMILLA: You, sir, should unmask.
1814 CASSILDA: Indeed it's time. We all have laid aside disguise but you.
1816 STRANGER: I wear no mask.
1818 CAMILLA: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!
1820 =head2 v5.18.2 - Miss Manners
1822 L<Announced on 2014-01-06 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/01/msg211224.html>
1824 One of the major mistakes people make is that they think manners are
1825 only the expression of happy ideas. There's a whole range of behavior
1826 that can be expressed in a mannerly way. That's what civilization is all
1827 about – doing it in a mannerly and not an antagonistic way. One of the
1828 places we went wrong was the naturalistic Rousseauean movement of the
1829 Sixties in which people said, "Why can't you just say what's on your
1830 mind?" In civilization there have to be some restraints. If we followed
1831 every impulse, we'd be killing one another.
1833 =head2 v5.18.1 - Chuck Moore
1835 L<Announced on 2013-08-12 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/08/msg205897.html>
1837 The operating system is another concept that is curious. Operating
1838 systems are dauntingly complex and totally unnecessary. It’s a brilliant
1839 thing that Bill Gates has done in selling the world on the notion of
1840 operating systems. It’s probably the greatest con game the world has
1843 An operating system does absolutely nothing for you. As long as you had
1844 something — a subroutine called disk driver, a subroutine called some
1845 kind of communication support, in the modern world, it doesn’t do
1846 anything else. In fact, Windows spends a lot of time with overlays and
1847 disk management all stuff like that which are irrelevant. You’ve got
1848 gigabyte disks; you’ve got megabyte RAMs. The world has changed in a way
1849 that renders the operating system unnecessary.
1851 =head2 v5.18.1-RC1 - Chuck Moore
1853 L<Announced on 2013-08-02 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/08/msg205445.html>
1855 Compilers are probably the worst code ever written. They are written by
1856 someone who has never written a compiler before and will never do so
1857 again. The more elaborate the language, the more complex, bug-ridden,
1858 and unusable is the compiler. But a simple compiler for a simple
1859 language is an essential tool—if only for documentation.
1861 =head2 v5.18.0 - Yevgeny Zamyatin
1863 L<Announced on 2013-05-18 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201940.html>
1865 It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people
1866 who are dead-alive, and people who are alive-alive. The dead-alive also write,
1867 walk, speak, act. But they make no mistakes; only machines make no mistakes,
1868 and they produce only dead things. The alive-alive are constantly in error, in
1869 search, in questions, in torment.
1871 =head2 v5.18.0-RC4 - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
1873 L<Announced on 2013-05-16 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201889.html>
1875 Clevinger was dead. That was the basic flaw in his philosophy.
1877 =head2 v5.18.0-RC3 - Tom Waits, "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me"
1879 L<Announced on 2013-05-14 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201823.html>
1881 I'd love to go drowning
1882 And to stay and to stay
1883 But the ocean doesn't want me today
1884 I'll go in up to here
1885 It can't possibly hurt
1886 All they will find is my beer
1889 =head2 v5.18.0-RC2 - Tom Waits, "Earth Died Screaming"
1891 L<Announced on 2013-05-12 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201723.html>
1893 And the great day of wrath has come
1894 And here's mud in your big red eye
1895 The poker's in the fire
1896 And the locusts take the sky
1897 And the earth died screaming
1898 While I lay dreaming of you
1900 =head2 v5.18.0-RC1 - Tom Waits, "What's He Building in There?"
1902 L<Announced on 2013-05-11 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg201651.html>
1904 What's he building in there?
1906 We have a right to know…
1908 =head2 v5.17.11 - Nigel Tufnel in "This is Spın̈al Tap"
1910 L<Announced on 2013-04-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/04/msg201056.html>
1912 It's very special because, if you can see, the numbers all go to…
1913 eleven! Look, right across the board: eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven!
1915 =head2 v5.17.10 - Vernor Vinge, "A Fire Upon The Deep"
1917 L<Announced on 2013-03-23 by Max Maischein|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/03/msg200504.html>
1919 The archive informed the automation. Data structures were built, recipes
1920 followed. A local network was built, faster than anything on Straum, but surely
1921 safe. Nodes were added, modified by other recipes. The archive was a friendly
1922 place, with hierarchies of translation keys that led them along. Straum itself
1923 would be famous for this.
1925 Six months passed. A year.
1927 The omniscient view. Not self-aware really. Self-awareness is much over-rated.
1928 Most automation works far better as a part of a whole, and even if human-
1929 powerful, it does not need to self-know.
1931 =head2 v5.17.9 - Douglas Adams, "The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy"
1933 L<Announced on 2013-02-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/02/msg199115.html>
1935 Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe.
1936 The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a
1937 recitation by their poet master Grunthos the Flatulent of
1938 his poem 'Ode To A Small Lump of Green Putty I Found In My
1939 Armpit One Midsummer Morning' four of his audience died
1940 of internal haemorrhaging and the president of the
1941 Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one
1942 of his own legs off. Grunthos is reported to have been
1943 'disappointed' by the poem's reception, and was about to
1944 embark on a reading of his twelve-book epic entitled
1945 'My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles' when his own major intestine,
1946 in a desperate attempt to save life and civilisation,
1947 leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain.
1949 The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator
1950 Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England,
1951 in the destruction of the planet Earth.
1953 =head2 v5.17.8 - Iain Pears, "An Instance of the Fingerpost"
1955 L<Announced on 2013-01-20 by Aaron Crane|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/01/msg197571.html>
1957 I must here declare myself as someone who does not for a moment subscribe to
1958 the general view that a willingness to perform oneself is detrimental to the
1959 dignity of experimental philosophy. There is, after all, a clear distinction
1960 between labour carried out for financial reward, and that done for the
1961 improvement of mankind: to put it another way, Lower as a philosopher was
1962 fully my equal even if he fell away when he became the practising physician.
1963 I think ridiculous of certain professors of anatomy, who find it beneath
1964 them to pick up the knife themselves, but merely comment while hired hands
1965 do the cutting. Sylvius would never have dreamt of sitting on a dais reading
1966 from an authority while others cut — when he taught, the knife was
1967 in his hand and the blood spattered his coat. Boyle also did not scruple to
1968 perform his own experiments and, on one occasion in my presence, even showed
1969 himself willing to anatomise a rat with his very own hands. Nor was he less
1970 a gentleman when he had finished. Indeed, in my opinion, his stature was all
1971 the greater, for in Boyle wealth, humility and curiosity mingled, and the
1972 world is richer for it.
1974 =head2 v5.17.7 - R. Scott Bakker, "The Darkness That Comes Before"
1976 L<Announced on 2012-12-18 by Dave Rolsky|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/12/msg196707.html>
1980 The boy extinguished. Only a place.
1984 Motionless, the Pragma sat facing him, the bare soles of his feet flat against each other, his dark frock scored by the shadows of deep folds, his eyes as empty as the child they watched.
1986 A place without breath or sound. A place of sight alone. A place without before or after . . . almost.
1988 For the first lances of sunlight careered over the glacier, as ponderous as great tree limbs in the wind. Shadows hardened and light gleamed across the Pragma’s ancient skull.
1990 The old man’s left hand forsook his right sleeve, bearing a watery knife. And like a rope in water, his arm pitched outward, fingertips trailing across the blade as the knife swung languidly into the air, the sun skating and the dark shrine plunging across its mirror back . . .
1992 And the place where Kellhus had once existed extended an open hand—the blond hairs like luminous filaments against tanned skin—and grasped the knife from stunned space.
1994 The slap of pommel against palm triggered the collapse of place into little boy. The pale stench of his body. Breath, sound, and lurching thoughts.
1996 I have been legion . . .
1998 In his periphery, he could see the spike of the sun ease from the mountain. He felt drunk with exhaustion. In the recoil of his trance, it seemed all he could hear were the twigs arching and bobbing in the wind, pulled by leaves like a million sails no bigger than his hand. Cause everywhere, but amid countless minute happenings—diffuse, useless.
2002 =head2 v5.17.6 - Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
2004 L<Announced on 2012-11-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/11/msg195659.html>
2006 Beatrice, looking like a gypsy queen, smoldered at the foot of a statue
2007 of a young physical student. At first glance, the laboratory-gowned
2008 scientist seemed to be a perfect servant of nothing but truth. At first
2009 glance, one was convinced that nothing but truth could please him as he
2010 beamed at his test tube. At first glance, one thought that he was as
2011 much above the beastly concerns of mankind as the harmoniums in the
2012 caves of Mercury. There, at first glance, was a young man without
2013 vanity, without lust — and one accepted at its face value the title Salo
2014 had engraved on the statue, "Discovery of Atomic Power."
2016 =head2 v5.17.5 - Charles Stross, "Singularity Sky"
2018 L<Announced on 2012-10-20 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg194349.html>
2020 Neither of them noticed the pair of polka-dotted knickers hiding
2021 behind the ventilation duct overhead, listening patiently and
2022 recording everything.
2024 =head2 v5.17.4 - Roald Dahl, "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"
2026 L<Announced on 2012-09-19 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/09/msg192635.html>
2028 The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
2029 She whips a pistol from her knickers.
2030 She aims it at the creature's head,
2031 And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
2033 A few weeks later, in the wood,
2034 I came across Miss Riding Hood.
2035 But what a change! No cloak of red,
2036 No silly hood upon her head.
2037 She said, "Hello, and do please note
2038 My lovely furry wolfskin coat."
2040 =head2 v5.17.3 - Kris Ta-belle, "Smoked Perl Onion Soup"
2042 L<Announced on 2012-08-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/08/msg190775.html>
2046 Cut 16 Perl Onions into quarters and put them in a grill smoker rack
2047 or a perforated pan over a BBQ using hickory wood chips or Special
2048 Blend Smoker Bisquettes. Smoke them for an hour and remove once they
2050 Let them cool and put them in the fridge (or freezer) until you are
2051 ready to create the soup.
2055 16 diced, pre-smoked, Perl Onions
2058 2 small garlic cloves, finely minced
2061 black pepper to taste
2063 1/4 cup all purpose flour
2064 6 cups of beef or vegetable stock
2065 1 cup of thick cream (milk can be used as a substitute)
2069 Melt the butter in a pan and then add olive oil.
2070 Heat and add the onions to caramelize over a medium-high heat for up
2072 Add the garlic, turn down the heat and cook for a further 5 minutes.
2073 Add the salt, pepper and sugar.
2074 Now add the red wine and reduce to a jam like consistency.
2075 Add the flour, stir well and add the stock a cup at a time.
2076 Simmer for 30 minutes, add the cream and heat to almost boiling.
2080 =head2 v5.17.2 - Terry Pratchet, "The Colour of Magic"
2082 L<Announced on 2012-07-21 by TonyC|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/07/msg189828.html>
2084 ‘I knew it,’ said Rincewind. ‘We're in a strong magical field.’
2086 Twoflower and Hrun looked around the little hollow where they had made
2087 their noonday halt. Then they looked at each other.
2089 The horses were quietly cropping the rich grass by the stream. Yellow
2090 butterflies skittered among the bushes. There was a smell of thyme
2091 and a buzzing of bees. The wild pigs on the spit sizzled gently.
2093 Hrun shrugged and went back to oiling his biceps. They gleamed.
2095 ‘Looks alright to me,’ he said.
2097 ‘Try tossing a coin,’ said Rincewind.
2101 ‘Go on. Toss a coin.’
2103 ‘Hokay,’ said Hrun. 'If that gives you any pleasure.’ He reached into
2104 his pouch and withdrew a handful of loose change plundered from a
2105 dozen realms. With some care he selected a Zchloty leaden
2106 quarter-iotum and balanced it on a purple thumbnail.
2108 ‘You call,’ he said. ‘Heads or—’ he inspected the obverse with
2109 an air of intense concentration, ‘some sort of a fish with legs.’
2111 ‘When it's in the air,’ said Rincewind. Hrun grinned and flicked his thumb.
2113 The iotum rose, spinning.
2115 ‘Edge,’ said Rincewind, without looking at it.
2117 =head2 v5.17.1 - Rand Miller, "Myst: The Book of Ti'ana"
2119 L<Announced on 2012-06-20 by doy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/06/msg188354.html>
2121 On their return from Ko'ah, Aitrus had shown her the Book, patiently
2122 taking her through page after page, and showing her how such an Age was
2123 "made." She had seen at once the differences between this archaic form
2124 and the ordinary written speech of the D'ni, noting how it was not
2125 merely more elaborate but more specific: a language of precise yet
2126 subtle descriptive power. Yet seeing was one thing, believing another.
2127 Given all the evidence, her rational mind still fought against accepting
2130 =head2 v5.17.0 - Charles Stross, "Singularity Sky"
2132 L<Announced on 2012-05-26 by Zefram|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/05/msg187214.html>
2134 `Welcome, comrades!' Burya opened his arms toward the soldier.
2135 `Yes it is true! With help from our allies of the Festival, the iron
2136 hand of the reactionary junta is about to be overthrown for all time!
2137 The new economy is being born; the marginal cost of production has
2138 been abolished, and from now on, if any item is produced once, it can
2139 be replicated infinitely. From each according to his imagination,
2140 to each according to his needs! Join us or better still, bring your
2141 fellow soldiers and workers to join us!'
2143 There was a sharp bang from the roof of the Corn Exchange, right at the
2144 climax of his impromptu speech; heads turned in alarm. Something had
2145 broken inside the spork factory and a stream of rainbow-hued plastic
2146 implements fountained toward the sky and clattered to the cobblestones
2147 on every side, like a harbinger of the postindustrial society to come.
2148 Workers and peasants alike stared in open-mouthed bewilderment at this
2149 astounding display of productivity, then bent to scrabble in the muck
2150 for the brightly colored sporks of revolution. A volley of shots rang
2151 out and Burya Rubenstein raised his hands, grinning wildly, to accept
2152 the salute of the soldiers from the Skull Hill garrison.
2154 =head2 v5.16.3 - Devo, "Freedom of Choice"
2156 L<Announced on 2013-03-11 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/03/msg200009.html>
2158 A victim of collision on the open sea
2159 Nobody ever said that life was free
2160 Sink, swim, go down with the ship
2161 But use your freedom of choice
2163 =head2 v5.16.2 - Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad", Trurl's Machine
2165 L<Announced on 2012-11-01 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/11/msg194915.html>
2167 Once upon a time Trurl the constructor built an eight-story thinking
2168 machine. When it was finished, he gave it a coat of white paint,
2169 trimmed the edges in lavender, stepped back, squinted, then added a
2170 little curlicue on the front and, where one might imagine the forehead
2171 to be, a few pale orange polkadots. Extremely pleased with himself,
2172 he whistled an air and, as is always done on such occasions, asked it
2173 the ritual question of how much is two plus two.
2175 The machine stirred. Its tubes began to glow, its coils warmed up,
2176 current coursed through all its circuits like a waterfall,
2177 transformers hummed and throbbed, there was a clanging, and a
2178 chugging, and such an ungodly racket that Trurl began to think of
2179 adding a special mentation muffler. Meanwhile the machine labored on,
2180 as if it had been given the most difficult problem in the Universe to
2181 solve; the ground shook, the sand slid underfoot from the vibration,
2182 valves popped like champagne corks, the relays nearly gave way under
2183 the strain. At last, when Trurl had grown extremely impatient, the
2184 machine ground to a halt and said in a voice like thunder: SEVEN!
2186 =head2 v5.16.1 - Emerald Rose, "Never Split The Party"
2188 L<Announced on 2012-08-08 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/08/msg190413.html>
2190 Don't you know? You never split the party
2191 Clerics in the back to keep those fighters hale and hearty
2192 The wizard in the middle, where he can shed some light
2193 And you never let that damn thief out of sight…
2195 =head2 v5.16.1-RC1 - Tom Moldvay, Foreward to the "Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook"
2197 L<Announced on 2012-08-03 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/08/msg190264.html>
2199 I was busy rescuing the captured maiden when the dragon showed up.
2200 Fifty feed of scaled terror glared down at us with smoldering red eyes.
2201 Tendrils of smoke drifted out from between fangs larger than daggers.
2202 The dragon blocked the only exit from the cave.
2206 I unwrapped the sword which the mysterious cleric had given me. The
2207 sword was golden-tinted steel. Its hilt was set with a rainbow
2208 collection of precious gems. I shouted my battle cry and charged
2210 My charge caught the dragon by surprise. Its titanic jaws snapped shut
2211 inches from my face. I swung the golden sword with both arms. The
2212 swordblade bit into the dragon's neck and continued through to the other
2213 side. With an earth-shaking crash, the dragon dropped dead at my feet.
2214 The magic sword had saved my life and ended the reign of the
2215 dragon-tyrant. The countryside was freed and I could return as a hero.
2217 =head2 v5.16.0 - W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"
2219 L<Announced on 2012-05-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/05/msg186903.html>
2221 All I have is a voice
2222 To undo the folded lie,
2223 The romantic lie in the brain
2224 Of the sensual man-in-the-street
2225 And the lie of Authority
2226 Whose buildings grope the sky:
2227 There is no such thing as the State
2228 And no one exists alone;
2229 Hunger allows no choice
2230 To the citizen or the police;
2231 We must love one another or die.
2233 =head2 v5.15.9 - Bob Dylan, "Blowin' In The Wind"
2235 L<Announced on 2012-03-20 by Abigail|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/03/msg184824.html>
2237 How many roads must a man walk down
2238 Before you call him a man?
2239 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
2240 Before she sleeps in the sand?
2241 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly
2242 Before they're forever banned?
2243 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
2244 The answer is blowin' in the wind
2246 How many years can a mountain exist
2247 Before it's washed to the sea?
2248 Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
2249 Before they're allowed to be free?
2250 Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
2251 Pretending he just doesn't see?
2252 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
2253 The answer is blowin' in the wind
2255 How many times must a man look up
2256 Before he can see the sky?
2257 Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
2258 Before he can hear people cry?
2259 Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
2260 That too many people have died?
2261 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
2262 The answer is blowin' in the wind
2264 =head2 v5.15.8 - The KLF, "The Manual-How To Have A Number One The Easy Way"
2266 L<Announced on 2012-02-20 by Max Maischein|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/02/msg183919.html>
2268 "Doctor Who, hey Doctor Who
2269 Doctor Who, in the Tardis
2270 Doctor Who, hey Doctor Who
2271 Doctor Who, Doc, Doctor Who
2272 Doctor Who, Doc, Doctor Who"
2274 Gibberish of course, but every lad in the country under a certain
2275 age related instinctively to what it was about. The ones slightly
2276 older needed a couple of pints inside them to clear away the mind
2277 debris left by the passing years before it made sense. As for
2278 girls and our chorus, we think they must have seen it as pure crap.
2279 A fact that must have limited to zero our chances of staying at The
2280 Top for more than one week.
2282 Stock, Aitkin and Waterman, however, are kings of writing chorus
2283 lyrics that go straight to the emotional heart of the 7" single
2284 buying girls in this country. Their most successful records will kick
2285 into the chorus with a line which encapsulates the entire emotional
2286 meaning of the song. This will obviously be used as the title. As
2287 soon as Rick Astley hit the first line of the chorus on his debut
2288 single it was all over - the Number One position was guaranteed:
2290 "I'm never going to give you up"
2292 =head2 v5.15.7 - Penelope Lively, "The Voyage of QV66"
2294 L<Announced on 2012-01-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/01/msg182230.html>
2296 "Laboratories," announced Henry. "Kindly don't touch anything."
2298 He led us into a long low brick shed. Outside there was a
2299 notice on a piece of board, crudely printed in red paint,
2300 which said GRATE SIENCE DISCOVERYS DONE HERE SSSH! BRING YOUR
2301 OWN BUKKIT NO PINCHING ANYWUN ELSE'S EXPERRYMENTS CANTEEN OPEN
2302 ALL DAY CHIMPS ONLY.
2304 There were a lot of large black monkeys inside, all intently
2305 busy on what they were doing. Some of them were pouring stuff
2306 out of bottles into buckets and carefully stirring the ensuing
2307 mixture; others were at work with glass tubes and jars, blowing
2308 and measuring and mixing; others were crouched over long benches
2309 with tools and heaps of bits and pieces of metal, cutting and
2310 bending and constructing. There was a great deal of noise and
2311 chatter. Every now and then one of them would give a whoop of
2312 excitement and all the others would gather round and jump up and
2313 down cheering and applauding.
2315 "Chimps," said Henry. "They're awfully clever."
2317 =head2 v5.15.6 - Ursula K. Leguin, "A Wizard of Earthsea"
2319 L<Announced on 2011-12-20 by Dave Rolsky|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/12/msg180962.html>
2321 Ged had thought that as the prentice of a great mage he would enter at once
2322 into the mystery and mastery of power. He would understand the language of the
2323 beasts and the speech of the leaves of the forest, he thought, and sway the
2324 winds with his word, and learn to change himself into any shape he
2325 wished. Maybe he and his master would run together as stags, or fly to Re Albi
2326 over the mountain on the wings of eagles.
2328 But it was not so at all. They wandered, first down into the Vale and then
2329 gradually south and westward around the mountain, given lodging in little
2330 villages or spending the night out in the wilderness, like poor
2331 journeyman-sorcerers, or tinkers, or beggars. They entered no mysterious
2332 domain. Nothing happened. The mage's oaken staff that Ged had watched at first
2333 with eager dread was nothing but a stout staff to walk with. Three days went
2334 by and four days went by and still Ogion had not spoken a single charm in
2335 Ged's hearing, and had not taught him a single name or rune or spell.
2337 =head2 v5.15.5 - Nikolai Gogol, trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, "The Diary of a Madman"
2339 L<Announced on 2011-11-20 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/11/msg179588.html>
2341 This day - is a day of the greatest solemnity! Spain has a king. He has
2342 been found. I am that king. Only this very day did I learn of it. I
2343 confess, it came to me suddenly in a flash of lightning. I don't understand
2344 how I could have thought and imagined that I was a titular councillor. How
2345 could such a wild notion enter my head? It's a good thing no one thought of
2346 putting me in an insane asylum. Now everything is laid open before me. Now
2347 I see everything as on the palm of my hand. And before, I don't understand,
2348 before everything around me was in some sort of fog. And all this happens, I
2349 think, because people imagine that the human brain is in the head. Not at
2350 all: it is brought by a wind from the direction of the Caspian Sea. First
2351 off, I announced to Mavra who I am. When she heard that the king of Spain
2352 was standing before her, she clasped her hands and nearly died of fright.
2353 The stupid woman had never seen a king of Spain before. However, I
2354 endeavoured to calm her down and assured her in gracious words of my
2355 benevolence and that I was not at all angry that she sometimes polished my
2356 boots poorly. They're benighted folk. It's impossible to tell them about
2357 lofty matters. She got frightened because she's convinced that all kings of
2358 Spain are like Philip II. But I explained to her that there was no
2359 resemblance between me and Philip II, and that I didn't have a single
2360 Capuchin . . . I didn't go to the office . . . To hell with it! No friends,
2361 you won't lure me there now; I'm not going to copy your vile papers!
2363 =head2 v5.15.4 - Steve Jobs
2365 L<Announced on 2011-10-20 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/10/msg178412.html>
2367 A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they
2368 don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions
2369 without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of
2370 the human experience, the better design we will have.
2372 =head2 v5.15.3 - Oscar Wilde, From the preface to "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
2374 L<Announced on 2011-09-20 by Stevan Little|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/09/msg177427.html>
2376 All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath
2377 the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol
2378 do so at their peril.
2380 It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
2381 Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the
2382 work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the
2383 artist is in accord with himself.
2385 We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as
2386 he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless
2387 thing is that one admires it intensely.
2389 All art is quite useless.
2391 =head2 v5.15.2 - Rainer Maria Rilke, trans., C. F. MacIntyre, "Duino", The First Elegy
2393 L<Announced on 2011-08-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/08/msg176067.html>
2395 True, it is strange to live no more on earth,
2396 no longer follow the folkways scarecely learned;
2397 not to give roses and other especially auspicious
2398 things the significance of a human future;
2399 to be no more what one was in infinitely anxious hands,
2400 and to put aside even one's name, like a broken plaything.
2401 Strange, to wish wishes no longer. Strange, to see
2402 all that was related fluttering so loosely in space.
2403 And being dead is hard, full of catching-up,
2404 so that finally one feels a little eternity.–
2405 But the living all make the mistake of too sharp discrimination.
2406 Often angels (it's said) don't know if they move
2407 among the quick or the dead. The eternal current
2408 hurtles all ages along with it forever
2409 through both realms and drowns their voices in both.
2411 =head2 v5.15.1 - Greg Egan, "Permutation City"
2413 L<Announced on 2011-07-20 by Zefram|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/07/msg175014.html>
2415 Carter held out a hand towards the middle of the room. `See that
2416 fountain?' A ten-metre-wide marble wedding cake, topped with a
2417 winged cherub wrestling a serpent, duly appeared. Water cascaded
2418 down from a gushing wound in the cherub's neck. Carter said, `It's
2419 being computed by redundancies in the sketch of the city. I can
2420 extract the results, because I know exactly where to look for them --
2421 but nobody else would have a hope in hell of picking them out.'
2423 Peer walked up to the fountain. Even as he approached, he noticed
2424 that the spray was intangible; when he dipped his hand in the water
2425 around the base he felt nothing, and the motion he made with his
2426 fingers left the foaming surface unchanged. They were spying on
2427 the calculations, not interacting with them; the fountain was a
2430 Carter said, `In your case, of course, nobody will need to know
2431 the results. Except you -- and you'll know them because you'll
2434 =head2 v5.15.0 - Neil Gaiman, "The Graveyard Book"
2436 L<Announced on 2011-06-20 by David Golden|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173748.html>
2438 If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.
2440 =head2 v5.14.4 - Arthur C. Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God"
2442 L<Announced on 2013-03-11 by Dave Mitchell|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/03/msg199988.html>
2444 He began to sing, but gave it up after a while. This vast arena of
2445 mountains, gleaming like whitely hooded ghosts on every side, did not
2446 encourage such ebullience. Presently George glanced at his watch.
2448 'Should be there in an hour,' he called back over his shoulder to
2449 Chuck. Then he added, in an afterthought: 'Wonder if the computer's
2450 finished its run. It was due about now.'
2452 Chuck didn't reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just
2453 see Chuck's face, a white oval turned towards the sky.
2455 'Look,' whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven. (There
2456 is always a last time for everything.)
2458 Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
2460 =head2 v5.14.3 - William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
2462 L<Announced on 2012-10-12 by Dominic Hargreaves|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg194057.html>
2464 The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all
2465 this time there was not any man died in his own person,
2466 videlicit, in a love-cause. Troilus had his brains dashed
2467 out with a Grecian club; yet he did what he could to die
2468 before, and he is one of the patterns of love. Leander, he
2469 would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned
2470 nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night; for, good
2471 youth, he went but forth to wash him in the Hellespont and
2472 being taken with the cramp was drowned and the foolish
2473 coroners of that age found it was 'Hero of Sestos.' But these
2474 are all lies: men have died from time to time and worms have
2475 eaten them, but not for love.
2477 =head2 v5.14.2 - L<< Larry Wall, January 12, 1988 <992@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> |http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.d/msg/5d17fa68c250b9b2 >>
2479 L<Announced on 2011-09-26 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/09/msg177618.html>
2481 It's not so much that people don't value the programs after they have them--they
2482 do value them. But they're not the sort of thing that would ever catch on if
2483 they had to overcome the marketing barrier. (I don't yet know if perl will
2484 catch on at all--I'm worried enough about it that I specifically included an
2485 awk-to-perl translator just to help it catch on.) Maybe it's all just an
2486 inferiority complex. Or maybe I don't like to be mercenary.
2488 So I guess I'd say that the reason some software comes free is that the
2489 mechanism for selling it is missing, either from the work environment, or from
2490 the heart of the programmer.
2492 =head2 v5.14.1 - L<< Larry Wall, January 12, 1988 <992@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> |http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.d/msg/5d17fa68c250b9b2 >>
2494 L<Announced on 2011-06-16 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173650.html>
2496 At this point I'm no longer working for a company that makes me sign
2497 my life away, but by now I'm in the habit. Besides, I still harbor
2498 the deep-down suspicion that nobody would pay money for what I write,
2499 since most of it just helps you do something better that you could
2500 already do some other way. How much money would you personally pay
2501 to upgrade from readnews to rn? How much money would you pay for
2502 the patch program? As for warp, it's a mere game. And anything you
2503 can do with perl you can eventually do with an amazing and totally
2504 unreadable conglomeration of awk, sed, sh and C.
2506 =head2 v5.14.0 - L<< Larry Wall, January 12, 1988 <992@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> |http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.d/msg/5d17fa68c250b9b2 >>
2508 L<Announced on 2011-05-14 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/05/msg172326.html>
2510 At the start of any project, I'm programming primarily to please
2511 myself. (The two chief virtues in a programmer are laziness and
2512 impatience.) After a while somebody looks over my shoulder and says,
2513 "That's neat. It'd be neater if it did such-and-so." So the thing
2514 gets neater. Pretty soon (a year or two) I have an rn, a warp, a patch,
2515 or a perl. One of these years I'll have a metaconfig.
2517 I then say to myself, "I don't want my life's work to die when this
2518 computer is scrapped, so I should let some other people use this. If I
2519 ask my company to sell this, it'll never see the light of day, and nobody
2520 would pay much for it anyway. If I sell it myself, I'll be in trouble with
2521 my company, to whom I signed my life away when I was hired. If I give it
2522 away, I can pretend it was worthless in the first place, so my company
2523 won't care. In any event, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission."
2525 So a freely distributable program is born.
2527 =head2 v5.14.0-RC3 - American Airlines Gate Agent, last call
2529 L<Announced on 2011-05-11 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/05/msg172282.html>
2531 This is the last call for flight 1697 with service to Chicago and
2532 continuing service to San Francisco. All passengers should already be
2533 aboard. If you aren't aboard at this time, you will be denied boarding
2534 and your bags will be offloaded.
2536 =head2 v5.14.0-RC2 - Greg Grandin, "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City"
2538 L<Announced on 2011-05-04 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/05/msg171879.html>
2540 Over the course of nearly two decades, Ford would spend tens of millions
2541 of dollars founding not one but, after the plantation was defastated
2542 by leaf blight, two American towns, complete with central squares,
2543 sidewalks, indoor plumbing, hospitals, manicured lawns, movie theaters,
2544 swimming pools, golf courses, and, of course, Model Ts and As rolling
2545 down their paved streets.
2547 Back in America, newspapers kept up their drumbeat celebration, only
2548 obliquely referencing reports that things were not progressing as the
2549 company had hoped. But there was one note of skepticism. In late 1928,
2550 the Washington Post ran an editorial that read in its entirety: "Ford will
2551 govern a rubber plantation in Brazil larger than North Carolina. This is
2552 the first time he has applied quantity production methods to trouble"
2554 =head2 v5.14.0-RC1 - Bill Bryson, "In a Sunburned Country"
2556 L<Announced on 2011-04-20 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/04/msg171253.html>
2558 But then Australia is such a difficult country to keep track of. On
2559 my first visit, some years ago, I passed the time on the long flight
2560 reading a history of Australian politics in the twentieth century,
2561 wherein I encountered the startling fact that in 1967 the prime minister,
2562 Harold Holt, was strolling along a beach in Victoria when he plunged into
2563 the surf and vanished. No trace of the poor man was ever seen again.
2564 This seemed doubly astounding to me—first that Australia could
2565 just I<lose> a prime minister (I mean, come on) and second that news of
2566 this had never reached me.
2568 =head2 v5.13.11 - Walt Whitman, L<"Leaves of Grass"|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass>
2570 L<Announced on 2011-03-20 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/03/msg170206.html>
2572 When the full-grown poet came,
2573 Out spake pleased Nature (the round impassive globe, with all its
2574 shows of day and night,) saying, He is mine;
2575 But out spake too the Soul of man, proud, jealous and unreconciled,
2576 Nay he is mine alone;
2577 --Then the full-grown poet stood between the two, and took each
2579 And to-day and ever so stands, as blender, uniter, tightly
2581 Which he will never release until he reconciles the two,
2582 And wholly and joyously blends them.
2584 =head2 v5.13.10 - Egill Skalla-Grímsson, L<"Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar"|http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Egils_saga_Skalla-Gr%C3%ADmssonar>
2586 L<Announced on 2011-02-20 by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/02/msg169340.html>
2588 Skalat maðr rúnar rísta,
2589 nema ráða vel kunni.
2590 Þat verðr mörgum manni,
2591 es of myrkvan staf villisk.
2593 tíu launstafi ristna.
2594 Þat hefr lauka lindi
2595 langs ofrtrega fengit.
2597 =head2 v5.13.9 - John F Kennedy, L<Inaugural Address January 20, 1961|http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy%27s_Inaugural_Address>
2599 L<Announced on 2011-01-20 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/01/msg168335.html>
2601 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been
2602 granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I
2603 do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it. I do not believe
2604 that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other
2605 generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this
2606 endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And the glow from
2607 that fire can truly light the world.
2609 And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
2610 ask what you can do for your country.
2612 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you,
2613 but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
2615 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world,
2616 ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which
2617 we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history
2618 the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love,
2619 asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's
2620 work must truly be our own.
2622 =head2 v5.13.8 - Roger Williams, L<"The Fifth Gift"|http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/8/19/21304/8493>
2624 L<Announced on 2010-12-19 by Zefram|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/12/msg167271.html>
2626 The aliens called the box a "matter generator," but we'd be more inclined
2627 to call it a matter duplicator. By connecting switches and potentiometers
2628 between the copper posts it was possible to make the box mark off two
2629 cubic rectangular areas of volume. Make a certain contact, and these
2630 areas would be isolated within perfectly reflective fields. They could
2631 be expanded or contracted by altering resistances between other posts.
2632 As I worked out the user interface I built a little control panel for
2633 the device. It was actually a clever way for the aliens to do things;
2634 instead of trying to build controls we could use, they built us an
2635 interface we could attach to controls that made sense to us. It could
2638 Once you had made the contact that established the shielded volumes,
2639 if you made another certain contact the contents of the first volume
2640 were copied to the second. The machine copied metal, plastic, steel,
2641 and diamond with equal ease. Copies of copies of copies of copies were
2642 indistinguishable from the originals at any magnification, even using
2643 techniques like X-ray crystallography.
2645 =head2 v5.13.7 - Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, "The Matrix"
2647 L<Announced on 2010-11-20 by Chris 'BinGOs' Williams|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/11/msg166162.html>
2649 [Neo sees a black cat walk by them, and then a similar black cat walk by them just like the first one]
2653 [Everyone freezes right in their tracks]
2655 Trinity: What did you just say?
2656 Neo: Nothing. Just had a little deja vu.
2657 Trinity: What did you see?
2658 Cypher: What happened?
2659 Neo: A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just
2661 Trinity: How much like it? Was it the same cat?
2662 Neo: It might have been. I'm not sure.
2663 Morpheus: Switch! Apoc!
2665 Trinity: A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when
2666 they change something.
2668 =head2 v5.13.6 - Haruki Murakami, "Kafka on the Shore"
2670 L<Announced on 2010-10-20 by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/10/msg165183.html>
2672 The boy called Crow softly rests a hand on my shoulder, and with that
2675 "From now on -- no matter what -- you've got to be the world's toughest
2676 fifteen-year-old. That's the only way you're going to survive. And in order
2677 to do that, you've got to figure out what it means to be tough. You following
2680 I keep my eyes closed and don't reply. I just want to sink off into sleep
2681 like this, his hand on my shoulder. I hear the faint flutter of wings.
2683 "You're going to be the world's toughest fifteen-year-old," Crow whispers
2684 as I try to fall asleep. Like he was carving the words in a deep blue tattoo
2687 (Translated from Japanese by Philip Gabriel)
2689 =head2 v5.13.5 - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, "The Room in the Dragon Volant"
2691 L<Announced on 2010-09-19 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/09/msg164238.html>
2693 Candle in hand I stepped in. I do not know whether the quality of
2694 air, long undisturbed, is peculiar; to me it has always seemed so, and
2695 the damp smell of the old masonry hung in this atmosphere. My candle
2696 faintly lighted the bare stone wall that enclosed the stair, the foot
2697 of which I could not see. Down I went, and a few turns brought me to
2698 the stone floor. Here was another door, of the simple, old, oak kind,
2699 deep sunk in the thickness of the wall. The large end of the key
2700 fitted this. The lock was stiff; I set the candle down upon the
2701 stair, and applied both hands; it turned with difficulty, and as it
2702 revolved, uttered a shriek that alarmed me for my secret.
2704 For some minutes I did not move. In a little time, however, I took
2705 courage, and opened the door. The night-air floating in puffed out
2706 the candle. There was a thicket of holly and underwood, as dense as a
2707 jungle, close about the door. I should have been in pitch-darkness,
2708 were it not that through the topmost leaves there twinkled, here and
2709 there, a glimmer of moonshine.
2711 Softly, lest any one should have opened his window at the sound of the
2712 rusty bolt, I struggled through this till I gained a view of the open
2713 grounds. Here I found that the brushwood spread a good way up the
2714 park, uniting with the wood that approached the little temple I have
2717 =head2 v5.13.4 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
2719 L<Announced on 2010-08-20 by Florian Ragwitz|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/08/msg163150.html>
2721 `How the creatures order one about, and make one repeat lessons!' thought Alice;
2722 `I might as well be at school at once.' However, she got up, and began to repeat
2723 it, but her head was so full of the Lobster Quadrille, that she hardly knew what
2724 she was saying, and the words came very queer indeed:--
2726 "'Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare,
2727 "You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair."
2728 As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose
2729 Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.'
2732 `That's different from what I used to say when I was a child,' said the Gryphon.
2734 `Well, I never heard it before,' said the Mock Turtle; `but it sounds uncommon
2737 Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if
2738 anything would ever happen in a natural way again.
2740 `I should like to have it explained,' said the Mock Turtle.
2742 `She can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. `Go on with the next verse.'
2744 `But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. `How could he turn them out
2745 with his nose, you know?'
2747 `It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by
2748 the whole thing, and longed to change the subject.
2750 =head2 v5.13.3 - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, "Good Omens"
2752 L<Announced on 2010-07-20 by David Golden|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/07/msg162230.html>
2754 Look at Crowley, doing 110 mph on the M40 heading towards
2755 Oxfordshire. Even the most resolutely casual observer would
2756 notice a number of strange things about him. The clenched teeth,
2757 for example, or the dull red glow coming from behind his
2758 sunglasses. And the car. The car was a definite hint.
2760 Crowley had started the journey in his Bentley, and he was
2761 dammned if he wasn't going to finish it in the Bentley as well.
2762 Not that even the kind of car buff who owns his own pair of
2763 motoring goggles would have been able to tell it was a vintage
2764 Bentley. Not any more. They wouldn't have been able to tell
2765 that it was a Bentley. They would only offer fifty-fifty that it
2766 had ever even been a car.
2768 There was no paint left on it, for a start. It might still have
2769 been black, where it wasn't a rusty, smudged reddish-brown, but
2770 this was a dull charcoal black. It traveled in its own ball of
2771 flame, like a space capsule making a particularly difficult
2774 There was a thin skin of crusted, melted rubber left around the
2775 metal wheel rims, but seeing that the wheel rims were still
2776 somhow riding an inch above the road surface this didn't seem to
2777 make an awful lot of difference to the suspension.
2779 It should have fallen apart miles back.
2781 =head2 v5.13.2 - Iain M Banks, "Use of Weapons"
2783 L<Announced on 2010-06-22 by Matt S Trout|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/06/msg161112.html>
2785 We deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal laws -
2786 the rules of right and wrong that people imagine apply everywhere else
2787 in the universe - break down; beyond those metaphysical event-horizons,
2788 there exist ... special circumstances.
2790 =head2 v5.13.1 - Miguel de Unamuno, "The Sepulchre of Don Quixote"
2792 L<Announced on 2010-05-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/05/msg160275.html>
2794 And if anyone shall come to you and say that he knows how to construct
2795 bridges and that perhaps a time will come when you will wish to avail
2796 yourself of his science in order to cross over a river, out with him! Out
2797 with the engineer! Rivers will be crossed by wading or swimming them, even
2798 if half the crusaders drown themselves. Let the engineer go off and build
2799 bridges somewhere else, where they are badly wanted. For those who go in
2800 quest of the sepulchre, faith is bridge enough.
2802 =head2 v5.13.0 - Jules Verne, "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
2804 L<Announced on 2010-04-20 by LE<0xe9>on Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/04/msg159275.html>
2806 The heat still remained at quite a supportable degree. With an
2807 involuntary shudder, I reflected on what the heat must have been
2808 when the volcano of Sneffels was pouring its smoke, flames, and
2809 streams of boiling lava -- all of which must have come up by the
2810 road we were now following. I could imagine the torrents of hot
2811 seething stone darting on, bubbling up with accompaniments of
2812 smoke, steam, and sulphurous stench!
2814 "Only to think of the consequences," I mused, "if the old
2815 volcano were once more to set to work."
2817 =head2 v5.12.5 - William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure"
2819 L<Announced on 2012-11-10 by Dominic Hargreaves|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/11/msg195171.html>
2821 Music oft hath such a charm
2822 To make bad good, and good provoke to harm.
2824 =head2 v5.12.4 - William Schwenck Gilbert, "Trial By Jury"
2826 L<Announced on 2011-06-20 by Leon Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173725.html>
2828 You cannot eat breakfast all day,
2829 Nor is it the act of a sinner,
2830 When breakfast is taken away,
2831 To turn his attention to dinner;
2832 And it's not in the range of belief,
2833 To look upon him as a glutton,
2834 Who, when he is tired of beef,
2835 Determines to tackle the mutton.
2836 Ah! But this I am willing to say,
2837 If it will appease her sorrow,
2838 I'll marry this lady today,
2839 And I'll marry the other tomorrow!
2841 =head2 v5.12.4-RC2 - James Russell Lowell, "Eleanor makes macaroons"
2843 L<Announced on 2011-06-15 by Leon Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173609.html>
2845 Now for sugar, -- nay, our plan
2846 Tolerates no work of man.
2847 Hurry, then, ye golden bees;
2848 Fetch your clearest honey, please,
2849 Garnered on a Yorkshire moor,
2850 While the last larks sing and soar,
2851 From the heather-blossoms sweet
2852 Where sea-breeze and sunshine meet,
2853 And the Augusts mask as Junes, --
2854 Eleanor makes macaroons!
2856 =head2 v5.12.4-RC1 - Ogden Nash, "The Clean Plater"
2858 L<Announced on 2011-06-08 by Leon Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173352.html>
2860 Pheasant is pleasant, of course,
2861 And terrapin, too, is tasty,
2862 Lobster I freely endorse,
2863 In pate or patty or pasty.
2864 But there's nothing the matter with butter,
2865 And nothing the matter with jam,
2866 And the warmest greetings I utter
2867 To the ham and the yam and the clam.
2870 And I think very fondly of food.
2871 Through I'm broody at times
2872 When bothered by rhymes,
2876 =head2 v5.12.3 - Howard W. Campbell, Jr., "Reflections on Not Participating in Current Events"
2878 L<Announced on 2011-01-21 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/01/msg168368.html>
2880 I saw a huge steam roller,
2881 It blotted out the sun.
2882 The people all lay down, lay down;
2883 They did not try to run.
2884 My love and I, we looked amazed
2885 Upon the gory mystery.
2886 'Lie down, lie down!' the people cried.
2887 'The great machine is history!'
2888 My love and I, we ran away,
2889 The engine did not find us.
2890 We ran up to a mountain top,
2891 Left history far behind us.
2892 Perhaps we should have stayed and died,
2893 But somehow we don't think so.
2894 We went to see where history'd been,
2895 And my, the dead did stink so.
2897 =head2 v5.12.2 - William Gibson, "Pattern Recognition"
2899 L<Announced on 2010-09-06 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/09/msg163852.html>
2901 CPUs. Cayce Pollard Units. That's what Damien calls the clothing
2902 she wears. CPUs are either black, white, or gray, and ideally
2903 seem to have come into this world without human intervention.
2905 What people take for relentless minimalism is a side effect
2906 of too much exposure to the reactor-cores of fashion. This
2907 has resulted in a remorseless paring-down of what she can and
2908 will wear. She is, literally, allergic to fashion. She can
2909 only tolerate things that could have been worn, to a general
2910 lack of comment, during any year between 1945 and 2000. She's a
2911 design-free zone, a one-woman school of and whose very austerity
2912 periodically threatens to spawn its own cult.
2914 =head2 v5.12.2-RC1 - William Gibson, "Pattern Recognition"
2916 L<Announced on 2010-08-31 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/08/msg163670.html>
2918 The front page opens, familiar as a friend's living room. A frame-grab
2919 from #48 serves as backdrop, dim and almost monochrome, no characters in
2920 view. This is one of the sequences that generate comparisons with
2921 Tarkovsky. She only knows Tarkovsky from stills, really, though she did
2922 once fall asleep during a screening of The Stalker, going under on an
2923 endless pan, the camera aimed straight down, in close-up, at a puddle on
2924 a ruined mosaic floor. But she is not one of those who think that much
2925 will be gained by analysis of the maker's imagined influences. The cult
2926 of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence.
2927 Truffaut, Peckinpah -- The Peckinpah people, among the least likely, are
2928 still waiting for the guns to be drawn.
2930 =head2 v5.12.1 - Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
2932 L<Announced on 2010-05-16 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/05/msg160109.html>
2934 "Now suppose," chortled Dr. Breed, enjoying himself, "that there were
2935 many possible ways in which water could crystallize, could freeze.
2936 Suppose that the sort of ice we skate upon and put into highballs --
2937 what we might call ice-one -- is only one of several types of ice.
2938 Suppose water always froze as ice-one on Earth because it had never
2939 had a seed to teach it how to form ice-two, ice-three, ice-four
2940 ...? And suppose," he rapped on his desk with his old hand again,
2941 "that there were one form, which we will call ice-nine -- a crystal as
2942 hard as this desk -- with a melting point of, let us say, one-hundred
2943 degrees Fahrenheit, or, better still, a melting point of one-hundred-
2944 and-thirty degrees."
2946 =head2 v5.12.1-RC2 - Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
2948 L<Announced on 2010-05-13 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/05/msg160066.html>
2950 San Lorenzo was fifty miles long and twenty miles wide, I learned from
2951 the supplement to the New York Sunday Times. Its population was four
2952 hundred, fifty thousand souls, "...all fiercely dedicated to the ideals
2955 Its highest point, Mount McCabe, was eleven thousand feet above sea
2956 level. Its capital was Bolivar, "...a strikingly modern city built on a
2957 harbor capable of sheltering the entire United States Navy." The principal
2958 exports were sugar, coffee, bananas, indigo, and handcrafted novelties.
2960 =head2 v5.12.1-RC1 - Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
2962 L<Announced on 2010-05-09 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/05/msg159971.html>
2964 Which brings me to the Bokononist concept of a wampeter. A wampeter is
2965 the pivot of a karass. No karass is without a wampeter, Bokonon tells us,
2966 just as no wheel is without a hub. Anything can be a wampeter: a tree,
2967 a rock, an animal, an idea, a book, a melody, the Holy Grail. Whatever
2968 it is, the members of its karass revolve about it in the majestic chaos
2969 of a spiral nebula. The orbits of the members of a karass about their
2970 common wampeter are spiritual orbits, naturally. It is souls and not
2971 bodies that revolve. As Bokonon invites us to sing:
2973 Around and around and around we spin,
2974 With feet of lead and wings of tin . . .
2976 =head2 v5.12.0 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
2978 L<Announced on 2010-04-12 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/04/msg158820.html>
2980 'Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for she was
2981 not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, 'why
2982 your cat grins like that?'
2984 'It's a Cheshire cat,' said the Duchess, 'and that's why. Pig!'
2986 She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite
2987 jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to the baby,
2988 and not to her, so she took courage, and went on again:--
2990 'I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know
2991 that cats COULD grin.'
2993 'They all can,' said the Duchess; 'and most of 'em do.'
2995 =head2 v5.12.0-RC5 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
2997 L<Announced on 2010-04-09 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/04/msg158720.html>
2999 'Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; 'some of the words
3002 'It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and
3003 there was silence for some minutes.
3005 =head2 v5.12.0-RC4 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
3007 L<Announced on 2010-04-06 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/04/msg158567.html>
3009 'It was much pleasanter at home,' thought poor Alice, 'when one wasn't
3010 always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and
3011 rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole--and yet--and
3012 yet--it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! I do wonder what
3013 can have happened to me! When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that
3014 kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!
3016 =head2 v5.12.0-RC3 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
3018 L<Announced on 2010-04-02 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/04/msg158346.html>
3020 At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them,
3021 called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL soon make you
3022 dry enough!' They all sat down at once, in a large ring, with the Mouse
3023 in the middle. Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt
3024 sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not get dry very soon.
3026 'Ahem!' said the Mouse with an important air, 'are you all ready? This
3027 is the driest thing I know. Silence all round, if you please! "William
3028 the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted
3029 to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much
3030 accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the earls of
3031 Mercia and Northumbria --"'
3033 =head2 v5.12.0-RC2 - no announcement
3035 Available on CPAN since 2010-04-01.
3037 =head2 v5.12.0-RC1 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
3039 L<Announced on 2010-03-29 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/03/msg158060.html>
3041 So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the
3042 hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of
3043 making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and
3044 picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran
3047 There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so
3048 VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh
3049 dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it
3050 occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time
3051 it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH
3052 OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on,
3053 Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had
3054 never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to
3055 take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field
3056 after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large
3057 rabbit-hole under the hedge.
3059 In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how
3060 in the world she was to get out again.
3062 =head2 v5.12.0-RC0 - no epigraph
3064 L<Announced on 2020-03-21 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/03/msg157761.html>
3066 =head2 v5.11.5 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Christabel"
3068 L<Announced on 2010-02-21 by Steve Hay|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/02/msg156957.html>
3070 A little child, a limber elf,
3071 Singing, dancing to itself,
3072 A fairy thing with red round cheeks,
3073 That always finds, and never seeks,
3074 Makes such a vision to the sight
3075 As fills a father's eyes with light;
3076 And pleasures flow in so thick and fast
3077 Upon his heart, that he at last
3078 Must needs express his love's excess
3079 With words of unmeant bitterness.
3080 Perhaps 'tis pretty to force together
3081 Thoughts so all unlike each other;
3082 To mutter and mock a broken charm,
3083 To dally with wrong that does no harm.
3084 Perhaps 'tis tender too and pretty
3085 At each wild word to feel within
3086 A sweet recoil of love and pity.
3087 And what, if in a world of sin
3088 (O sorrow and shame should this be true!)
3089 Such giddiness of heart and brain
3090 Comes seldom save from rage and pain,
3091 So talks as it's most used to do.
3093 =head2 v5.11.4 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, "Crime and Punishment"
3095 L<Announced on 2010-01-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/01/msg155848.html>
3097 And you don't suppose that I went into it headlong like a fool? I went
3098 into it like a wise man, and that was just my destruction. And you
3099 mustn't suppose that I didn't know, for instance, that if I began to
3100 question myself whether I had the right to gain power -- I certainly
3101 hadn't the right -- or that if I asked myself whether a human being is a
3102 louse it proved that it wasn't so for me, though it might be for a man
3103 who would go straight to his goal without asking questions.... If I
3104 worried myself all those days, wondering whether Napoleon would have
3105 done it or not, I felt clearly of course that I wasn't Napoleon.
3107 =head2 v5.11.3 - Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
3109 L<Announced on 2009-12-20 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/12/msg154838.html>
3111 "Say -- I'm going in a swimming, I am. Don't you wish you could? But of
3112 course you'd druther work -- wouldn't you? Course you would!"
3114 Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said: "What do you call work?"
3116 "Why ain't that work?"
3118 Tom resumed his whitewashing, and answered carelessly: "Well, maybe it
3119 is, and maybe it aint. All I know, is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
3121 "Oh come, now, you don't mean to let on that you like it?"
3123 The brush continued to move. "Like it? Well I don't see why I oughtn't
3124 to like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
3126 That put the thing in a new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom
3127 swept his brush daintily back and forth -- stepped back to note the effect
3128 -- added a touch here and there-criticised the effect again -- Ben
3129 watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more
3130 absorbed. Presently he said: "Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."
3132 =head2 v5.11.2 - Michael Marshall Smith, "Only Forward"
3134 L<Announced on 2009-11-20 by Léon Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/11/msg153646.html>
3136 The streets were pretty quiet, which was nice. They're always quiet here
3137 at that time: you have to be wearing a black jacket to be out on the
3138 streets between seven and nine in the evening, and not many people in
3139 the area have black jackets. It's just one of those things. I currently
3140 live in Colour Neighbourhood, which is for people who are heavily into
3141 colour. All the streets and buildings are set for instant colourmatch:
3142 as you walk down the road they change hue to offset whatever you're
3143 wearing. When the streets are busy it's kind of intense, and anyone
3144 prone to epileptic seizures isn't allowed to live in the Neighbourhood,
3145 however much they're into colour.
3147 =head2 v5.11.1 - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
3149 L<Announced on 2009-10-20 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/10/msg152360.html>
3151 Milo had been caught red-handed in the act of plundering his countrymen,
3152 and, as a result, his stock had never been higher. He proved good as his
3153 word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious
3154 disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying
3155 everybody owned. Milo met the challenge by writing the words "A Share"
3156 on the nearest scrap of paper and handing it away with a virtuous disdain
3157 that won the envy and admiration of almost everyone who knew him. His
3158 glory was at a peak, and Colonel Cathcart, who knew and admired his
3159 war record, was astonished by the deferential humility with which Milo
3160 presented himself at Group Headquarters and made his fantastic appeal
3161 for more hazardous assignment.
3163 =head2 v5.11.0 - Mikhail Bulgakov, "The Master and Margarita"
3165 L<Announced on 2009-10-02 by Jesse Vincent|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/10/msg151376.html>
3167 Whispers of an "evil power" were heard in lines at dairy shops, in
3168 streetcars, stores, arguments, kitchens, suburban and long-distance
3169 trains, at stations large and small, in dachas and on beaches. Needless
3170 to say, truly mature and cultured people did not tell these stories
3171 about an evil power's visit to the capital. In fact, they even made fun
3172 of them and tried to talk sense into those who told them. Nevertheless,
3173 facts are facts, as they say, and cannot simply be dismissed without
3174 explanation: somebody had visited the capital. The charred cinders of
3175 Griboyedov alone, and many other things besides, confirmed it. Cultured
3176 people shared the point of view of the investigating team: it was the
3177 work of a gang of hypnotists and ventriloquists magnificently skilled in
3180 =head2 v5.10.1 - Right Hon. James Hacker MP, "The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister"
3182 L<Announced on 2009-08-23 by Dave Mitchell|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/08/msg150172.html>
3184 'Briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, known as
3185 the Permanent Secretary. Woolley here is your Principal Private
3186 Secretary. I, too, have a Principal Private Secretary, and he is the
3187 Principal Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary. Directly
3188 responsible to me are ten Deputy Secretaries, eighty-seven Under
3189 Secretaries and two hundred and nineteen Assistant Secretaries.
3190 Directly responsible to the Principal Private Secretaries are plain
3191 Private Secretaries. The Prime Minister will be appointing two
3192 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries and you will be appointing your own
3193 Parliamentary Private Secretary.'
3195 'Can they all type?' I joked.
3197 'None of us can type, Minister,' replied Sir Humphrey smoothly. 'Mrs
3198 McKay types - she is your Secretary.'
3200 I couldn't tell whether or not he was joking. 'What a pity,' I said.
3201 'We could have opened an agency.'
3203 Sir Humphrey and Bernard laughed. 'Very droll, sir,' said Sir
3204 Humphrey. 'Most amusing, sir,' said Bernard. Were they genuinely
3205 amused at my wit, or just being rather patronising? 'I suppose they
3206 all say that, do they?' I ventured.
3208 Sir Humphrey reassured me on that. 'Certainly not, Minister,' he
3209 replied. 'Not quite all.'
3211 =head2 v5.10.1-RC2 - no epigraph
3213 L<Announced on 2009-08-18 by Dave Mitchell|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/08/msg150015.html>
3215 =head2 v5.10.1-RC1 - no epigraph
3217 L<Announced on 2009-08-06 by Dave Mitchell|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/08/msg149498.html>
3219 =head2 v5.10.0 - Laurence Sterne, "Tristram Shandy"
3221 L<Announced on 2007-12-18 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/12/msg131636.html>
3223 He would often declare, in speaking his thoughts upon the subject, that
3224 he did not conceive how the greatest family in England could stand it
3225 out against an uninterrupted succession of six or seven short
3226 noses.--And for the contrary reason, he would generally add, That it
3227 must be one of the greatest problems in civil life, where the same
3228 number of long and jolly noses, following one another in a direct line,
3229 did not raise and hoist it up into the best vacancies in the kingdom.
3231 =head2 v5.10.0-RC2 - no epigraph
3233 L<Announced on 2007-11-25 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/11/msg130978.html>
3235 =head2 v5.10.0-RC1 - no epigraph
3237 L<Announced on 2007-11-17 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/11/msg130653.html>
3239 =head2 v5.9.5 - no announcement
3241 L<Pre-announced on 2007-07-07 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/07/msg126358.html>,
3242 available on CPAN with same date, but never actually announced.
3244 =head2 v5.9.4 - no epigraph
3246 L<Announced on 2006-08-15 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/08/msg115782.html>
3248 =head2 v5.9.3 - no epigraph
3250 L<Announced on 2006-01-28 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/01/msg109086.html>
3252 =head2 v5.9.2 - Thomas Pynchon, "V"
3254 L<Announced on 2005-04-01 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2005/04/msg99421.html>
3256 This word flip was weird. Every recording date of McClintic's he'd
3257 gotten into the habit of talking electricity with the audio men and
3258 technicians of the studio. McClintic once couldn't have cared less
3259 about electricity, but now it seemed if that was helping him reach a
3260 bigger audience, some digging, some who would never dig, but all
3261 paying and those royalties keeping the Triumph in gas and McClintic
3262 in J. Press suits, then McClintic ought to be grateful to
3263 electricity, ought maybe to learn a little more about it. So he'd
3264 picked up some here and there, and one day last summer he got around
3265 to talking stochastic music and digital computers with one
3266 technician. Out of the conversation had come Set/Reset, which was
3267 getting to be a signature for the group. He had found out from this
3268 sound man about a two-triode circuit called a flip-flop, which when
3269 it turned on could be one of two ways, depending on which tube was
3270 conducting and which was cut off: set or reset, flip or flop.
3272 "And that," the man said, "can be yes or no, or one or zero. And
3273 that is what you might call one of the basic units, or specialized
3274 `cells' in a big `electronic brain.' "
3276 "Crazy," said McClintic, having lost him back there someplace. But
3277 one thing that did occur to him was if a computer's brain could go
3278 flip or flop, why so could a musician's. As long as you were flop,
3279 everything was cool. But where did the trigger-pulse come from to
3282 =head2 v5.9.1 - Tom Stoppard, "Arcadia"
3284 L<Announced on 2004-03-16 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/03/msg89722.html>
3286 Aren't you supposed to have a pony?
3288 =head2 v5.9.0 - Doris Lessing, "Martha Quest"
3290 L<Announced on 2003-10-27 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/10/msg84147.html>
3292 What of October, that ambiguous month
3294 =head2 v5.8.9 - Right Hon. James Hacker MP, "The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister"
3296 L<Announced on 2008-12-14 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/12/msg142571.html>
3298 Frank and I, unlike the civil servants, were still puzzled that such a
3299 proposal as the Europass could even be seriously under consideration by
3300 the FCO. We can both see clearly that it is wonderful ammunition for the
3301 anti-Europeans. I asked Humphrey if the Foreign Office doesn't realise
3302 how damaging this would be to the European ideal?
3304 'I'm sure they do, Minister, he said. That's why they support it.'
3306 This was even more puzzling, since I'd always been under the impression
3307 that the FO is pro-Europe. 'Is it or isn't it?' I asked Humphrey.
3309 'Yes and no,' he replied of course, 'if you'll pardon the
3310 expression. The Foreign Office is pro-Europe because it is really
3311 anti-Europe. In fact the Civil Service was united in its desire to make
3312 sure the Common Market didn't work. That's why we went into it.'
3314 This sounded like a riddle to me. I asked him to explain further. And
3315 basically his argument was as follows: Britain has had the same foreign
3316 policy objective for at least the last five hundred years - to create a
3317 disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against
3318 the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and
3319 Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Italians
3320 and Germans. [The Dutch rebellion against Phillip II of Spain, the
3321 Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and the Second World War - Ed.]
3323 In other words, divide and rule. And the Foreign Office can see no
3324 reason to change when it has worked so well until now.
3326 I was aware of this, naturally, but I regarded it as ancient history.
3327 Humphrey thinks that it is, in fact, current policy. It was necessary
3328 for us to break up the EEC, he explained, so we had to get inside. We
3329 had previously tried to break it up from the outside, but that didn't
3330 work. [A reference to our futile and short-lived involvement in EFTA,
3331 the European Free Trade Association, founded in 1960 and which the UK
3332 left in 1972 - Ed.] Now that we're in, we are able to make a complete
3333 pig's breakfast out of it. We've now set the Germans against the French,
3334 the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch... and
3335 the Foreign office is terribly happy. It's just like old time.
3337 I was staggered by all of this. I thought that the all of us who are
3338 publicly pro-European believed in the European ideal. I said this to Sir
3339 Humphrey, and he simply chuckled.
3341 So I asked him: if we don't believe in the European Ideal, why are we
3342 pushing to increase the membership?
3344 'Same reason,' came the reply. 'It's just like the United Nations. The
3345 more members it has, the more arguments you can stir up, and the more
3346 futile and impotent it becomes.'
3348 This all strikes me as the most appalling cynicism, and I said so.
3350 Sir Humphrey agreed completely. 'Yes Minister. We call it
3351 diplomacy. It's what made Britain great, you know.'
3353 =head2 v5.8.9-RC2 - Right Hon. James Hacker MP, "The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister"
3355 L<Announced on 2008-12-06 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/12/msg142422.html>
3357 There was silence in the office. I didn't know what we were going to do
3358 about the four hundred new people supervising our economy drive or the
3359 four hundred new people for the Bureaucratic Watchdog Office, or
3360 anything! I simply sat and waited and hoped that my head would stop
3361 thumping and that some idea would be suggested by someone sometime soon.
3363 Sir Humphrey obliged. 'Minister... if we were to end the economy drive
3364 and close the Bureaucratic Watchdog Office we could issue an immediate
3365 press announcement that you had axed eight hundred jobs.' He had
3366 obviously thought this out carefully in advance, for at this moment he
3367 produced a slim folder from under his arm. 'If you'd like to approve
3370 I couldn't believe the impertinence of the suggestion. Axed eight
3371 hundred jobs? 'But no one was ever doing these jobs,' I pointed out
3372 incredulously. 'No one's been appointed yet.'
3374 'Even greater economy,' he replied instantly. 'We've saved eight hundred
3375 redundancy payments as well.'
3377 'But...' I attempted to explain '... that's just phony. It's dishonest,
3378 it's juggling with figures, it's pulling the wool over people's eyes.'
3380 'A government press release, in fact.' said Humphrey.
3382 =head2 v5.8.9-RC1 - Right Hon. James Hacker MP, "The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister"
3384 L<Announced on 2008-11-10 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/11/msg141515.html>
3386 A jumbo jet touched down, with BURANDAN AIRWAYS written on the side. I
3387 was hugely impressed. British Airways are having to pawn their Concordes,
3388 and here is this little tiny African state with its own airline, jumbo
3391 I asked Bernard how many planes Burandan Airways had. 'None,' he said.
3393 I told him not to be silly and use his eyes. 'No Minister, it belongs to
3394 Freddie Laker,' he said. 'They chartered it last week and repainted it
3395 specially.' Apparently most of the Have-Nots (I mean, LDCs) do this - at
3396 the opening of the UN General Assembly the runways of Kennedy Airport are
3397 jam-packed with phoney flag-carriers. 'In fact,' said Bernard with a sly
3398 grin, 'there was one 747 that belonged to nine different African airlines
3399 in a month. They called it the mumbo-jumbo.'
3401 While we watched nothing much happening on the TV except the mumbo-jumbo
3402 taxiing around Prestwick and the Queen looking a bit chilly, Bernard gave
3403 me the next day's schedule and explained that I was booked on the night
3404 sleeper from King's Cross to Edinburgh because I had to vote in a
3405 three-line whip at the House tonight and would have to miss the last
3406 plane. Then the commentator, in that special hushed BBC voice used for any
3407 occasion with which Royalty is connected, announced reverentially that we
3408 were about to catch our first glimpse of President Selim.
3410 And out of the plane stepped Charlie. My old friend Charlie Umtali. We
3411 were at LSE together. Not Selim Mohammed at all, but Charlie.
3413 Bernard asked me if I were sure. Silly question. How could you forget a
3414 name like Charlie Umtali?
3416 I sent Bernard for Sir Humphrey, who was delighted to hear that we now
3417 know something about our official visitor.
3419 Bernard's official brief said nothing. Amazing! Amazing how little the FCO
3420 has been able to find out. Perhaps they were hoping it would all be on the
3421 car radio. All the brief says is that Colonel Selim Mohammed had converted
3422 to Islam some years ago, they didn't know his original name, and therefore
3423 knew little of his background.
3425 I was able to tell Humphrey and Bernard /all/ about his background.
3426 Charlie was a red-hot political economist, I informed them. Got the top
3427 first. Wiped the floor with everyone.
3429 Bernard seemed relieved. 'Well that's all right then.'
3433 'I think Bernard means,' said Sir Humphrey helpfully, 'that he'll know how
3434 to behave if he was at an English University. Even if it was the LSE.' I
3435 never know whether or not Humphrey is insulting me intentionally.
3437 Humphrey was concerned about Charlie's political colour. 'When you said
3438 that he was red-hot, were you speaking politically?'
3440 In a way I was. 'The thing about Charlie is that you never quite know
3441 where you are with him. He's the sort of chap who follows you into a
3442 revolving door and comes out in front.'
3444 'No deeply held convictions?' asked Sir Humphrey.
3446 'No. The only thing Charlie was committed too was Charlie.'
3448 'Ah, I see. A politician, Minister.'
3450 =head2 v5.8.8 - Joe Raposo, "Bein' Green"
3452 L<Announced on 2006-01-31 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/01/msg109190.html>
3454 It's not that easy bein' green
3455 Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
3456 When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold
3457 Or something much more colorful like that
3459 It's not easy bein' green
3460 It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
3461 And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
3462 Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
3465 But green's the color of Spring
3466 And green can be cool and friendly-like
3467 And green can be big like an ocean
3468 Or important like a mountain
3471 When green is all there is to be
3472 It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
3473 Wonder I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful
3474 And I think it's what I want to be
3476 =head2 v5.8.8-RC1 - Cosgrove Hall Productions, "Dangermouse"
3478 L<Announced on 2006-01-20 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/01/msg108833.html>
3480 Greenback: And the world is mine, all mine. Muhahahahaha. See to it!
3482 Stiletto: Si, Barone. Subito, Barone.
3484 =head2 v5.8.7 - Sergei Prokofiev, "Peter and the Wolf"
3486 L<Announced on 2005-05-31 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2005/05/msg101088.html>
3488 And now, imagine the triumphant procession: Peter at the head; after him the
3489 hunters leading the wolf; and winding up the procession, grandfather and the
3492 Grandfather shook his head discontentedly: "Well, and if Peter hadn't caught
3493 the wolf? What then?"
3495 =head2 v5.8.7-RC1 - Sergei Prokofiev, "Peter and the Wolf"
3497 L<Announced on 2005-05-20 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2005/05/msg100711.html>
3499 And now this is how things stood: The cat was sitting on one branch. The
3500 bird on another, not too close to the cat. And the wolf walked round and
3501 round the tree, looking at them with greedy eyes.
3503 In the meantime, Peter, without the slightest fear, stood behind the
3504 gate, watching all that was going on. He ran home,got a strong rope and
3505 climbed up the high stone wall.
3507 One of the branches of the tree, around which the wolf was walking,
3508 stretched out over the wall.
3510 Grabbing hold of the branch, Peter lightly climbed over on to the tree.
3511 Peter said to the bird: "Fly down and circle round the wolf's head, only
3512 take care that he doesn't catch you!".
3514 The bird almost touched the wolf's head with its wings, while the wolf
3515 snapped angrily at him from this side and that.
3517 How that bird teased the wolf, how that wolf wanted to catch him! But
3518 the bird was clever and the wolf simply couldn't do anything about it.
3520 =head2 v5.8.6 - A. A. Milne, "The House at Pooh Corner"
3522 L<Announced on 2004-11-27 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/11/msg96304.html>
3524 "Hallo, Pooh," said Piglet, giving a jump of surprise. "I knew it was
3527 "So did I,", said Pooh. "What are you doing?"
3529 "I'm planting a haycorn, Pooh, so that it can grow up into an oak-tree,
3530 and have lots of haycorns just outside the front door instead of having
3531 to walk miles and miles, do you see, Pooh?"
3533 "Supposing it doesn't?" said Pooh.
3535 "It will, because Christopher Robin says it will, so that's why I'm
3538 "Well," aid Pooh, "if I plant a honeycomb outside my house, then it will
3539 grow up into a beehive."
3541 Piglet wasn't quite sure about this.
3543 "Or a /piece/ of a honeycomb," said Pooh, "so as not to waste too much.
3544 Only then I might only get a piece of a beehive, and it might be the
3545 wrong piece, where the bees were buzzing and not hunnying. Bother"
3547 Piglet agreed that that would be rather bothering.
3549 "Besides, Pooh, it's a very difficult thing, planting unless you know
3550 how to do it," he said; and he put the acorn in the hole he had made,
3551 and covered it up with earth, and jumped on it.
3553 =head2 v5.8.6-RC1 - A. A. Milne, "Winnie the Pooh"
3555 L<Announced on 2004-11-11 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/11/msg95786.html>
3557 "Hallo!" said Piglet, "whare are /you/ doing?"
3559 "Hunting," said Pooh.
3563 "Tracking something," said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
3565 "Tracking what?" said Piglet, coming closer.
3567 "That's just what I ask myself, I ask myself, What?"
3569 "What do you think you'll answer?"
3571 "I shall have to wait until I catch up with it," said Winnie-the-Pooh.
3572 "Now, look there." He pointed to the ground in front of him. "What do
3575 "Track," said Piglet. "Paw-marks." He gave a little squeak of
3576 excitement. "Oh, Pooh!" Do you think it's a--a--a Woozle?"
3578 =head2 v5.8.5 - wikipedia, "Yew"
3580 L<Announced on 2004-07-19 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/07/msg93189.html>
3582 Yews are relatively slow growing trees, widely used in landscaping and
3583 ornamental horticulture. They have flat, dark-green needles, reddish
3584 bark, and bear seeds with red arils, which are eaten by thrushes,
3585 waxwings and other birds, dispersing the hard seeds undamaged in their
3586 droppings. Yew wood is reddish brown (with white sapwood), and very
3587 hard. It was traditionally used to make bows, especially the English
3590 In England, the Common Yew (Taxus baccata, also known as English Yew) is
3591 often found in churchyards. It is sometimes suggested that these are
3592 placed there as a symbol of long life or trees of death, and some are
3593 likely to be over 3,000 years old. It is also suggested that yew trees
3594 may have a pre-Christian association with old pagan holy sites, and the
3595 Christian church found it expedient to use and take over existing sites.
3596 Another explanation is that the poisonous berries and foliage discourage
3597 farmers and drovers from letting their animals wander into the burial
3598 grounds. The yew tree is a frequent symbol in the Christian poetry of
3599 T.S. Eliot, especially his Four Quartets.
3601 =head2 v5.8.5-RC2 - wikipedia, "Beech"
3603 L<Announced on 2004-07-09 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/07/msg92934.html>
3605 Beeches are trees of the Genus Fagus, family Fagaceae, including about
3606 ten species in Europe, Asia, and North America. The leaves are entire or
3607 sparsely toothed. The fruit is a small, sharply-angled nut, borne in
3608 pairs in spiny husks. The beech most commonly grown as an ornamental or
3609 shade tree is the European beech (Fagus sylvatica).
3611 The southern beeches belong to a different but related genus,
3612 Nothofagus. They are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New
3613 Caledonia and South America.
3615 =head2 v5.8.5-RC1 - wikipedia, "Pedunculate Oak" (abridged)
3617 L<Announced on 2004-07-07 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/07/msg92840.html>
3619 The Pedunculate Oak is called the Common Oak in Britain, and is also
3620 often called the English Oak in other English speaking countries It is a
3621 large deciduous tree to 25-35m tall (exceptionally to 40m), with lobed
3622 and sessile (stalk-less) leaves. Flowering takes place in early to mid
3623 spring, and their fruit, called "acorns", ripen by autumn of the same
3624 year. The acorns are pedunculate (having a peduncle or acorn-stalk) and
3625 may occur singly, or several acorns may occur on a stalk.
3627 It forms a long-lived tree, with a large widespreading head of rugged
3628 branches. While it may naturally live to an age of a few centuries, many
3629 of the oldest trees are pollarded or coppiced, both pruning techniques
3630 that extend the tree's potential lifespan, if not its health.
3632 Within its native range it is valued for its importance to insects and
3633 other wildlife. Numerous insects live on the leaves, buds, and in the
3634 acorns. The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small
3635 mammals and some birds, notably Jays Garrulus glandarius.
3637 It is planted for forestry, and produces a long-lasting and durable
3638 heartwood, much in demand for interior and furniture work.
3640 =head2 v5.8.4 - T. S. Eliot, "The Old Gumbie Cat"
3642 L<Announced on 2004-04-22 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/04/msg90984.html>
3644 I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
3645 The curtain-cord she likes to wind, and tie it into sailor-knots.
3646 She sits upon the window-sill, or anything that's smooth and flat:
3647 She sits and sits and sits and sits -- and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat!
3649 But when the day's hustle and bustle is done,
3650 Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
3651 She thinks that the cockroaches just need employment
3652 To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment.
3653 So she's formed, from that a lot of disorderly louts,
3654 A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy-scouts,
3655 With a purpose in life and a good deed to do--
3656 And she's even created a Beetles' Tattoo.
3658 So for Old Gumbie Cats let us now give three cheers --
3659 On whom well-ordered households depend, it appears.
3662 =head2 v5.8.4-RC2 - T. S. Eliot, "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"
3664 L<Announced on 2004-04-16 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/04/msg90796.html>
3666 Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw --
3667 For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
3668 He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
3669 For when they reach the scene of crime -- /Macavity's not there/!
3671 Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
3672 He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
3673 His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
3674 And when you reach the scene of crime -- /Macavity's not there/!
3675 You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air --
3676 But I tell you once and once again, /Macavity's not there/!
3678 =head2 v5.8.4-RC1 - T. S. Eliot, "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat"
3680 L<Announced on 2004-04-05 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/04/msg90422.html>
3682 There's a whisper down the line at 11.39
3683 When the Night Mail's ready to depart,
3684 Saying 'Skimble where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble?
3685 We must find him of the train can't start.'
3686 All the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters
3687 They are searching high and low,
3688 Saying 'Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble
3689 Then the Night Mail just can't go'
3690 At 11.42 then the signal's overdue
3691 And the passengers are frantic to a man--
3692 Then Skimble will appear and he'll saunter to the rear:
3693 He's been busy in the luggage van!
3694 He gives one flash of his glass-green eyes
3695 And the signal goes 'All Clear!'
3696 And we're off at last of the northern part
3697 Of the Northern Hemisphere!
3699 =head2 v5.8.3 - Arthur William Edgar O'Shaugnessy, "Ode"
3701 L<Announced on 2004-01-14 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/01/msg87317.html>
3703 We are the music makers,
3704 And we are the dreamers of dreams,
3705 Wandering by lonely sea-breakers,
3706 And sitting by desolate streams; --
3707 World-losers and world-forsakers,
3708 On whom the pale moon gleams:
3709 Yet we are the movers and shakers
3710 Of the world for ever, it seems.
3712 =head2 v5.8.3-RC1 - Irving Berlin, "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
3714 L<Announced on 2004-01-07 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/01/msg86969.html>
3716 There may be trouble ahead,
3717 But while there's music and moonlight,
3718 And love and romance,
3719 Let's face the music and dance.
3721 Before the fiddlers have fled,
3722 Before they ask us to pay the bill,
3723 And while we still have that chance,
3724 Let's face the music and dance.
3726 Soon, we'll be without the moon,
3727 Humming a different tune, and then,
3729 There may be teardrops to shed,
3730 So while there's music and moonlight,
3731 And love and romance,
3732 Let's face the music and dance.
3734 =head2 v5.8.2 - Walt Whitman, "Passage to India"
3736 L<Announced on 2003-11-05 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/11/msg84822.html>
3738 Passage, immediate passage! the blood burns in my veins!
3739 Away O soul! hoist instantly the anchor!
3740 Cut the hawsers - hall out - shake out every sail!
3741 Have we not stood here like trees in the ground long enough?
3742 Have we not grovel'd here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?
3743 Have we not darken'd and dazed ourselves with books long enough?
3745 Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
3746 Reckless O soul, exploring, I with the and thou with me,
3747 For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
3748 And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
3751 O farther farther sail!
3752 O daring job, but safe! are they not all the seas of God?
3753 O farther, farther, farther sail!
3755 =head2 v5.8.2-RC2 - Eric Idle and John Du Prez, "Accountancy Shanty"
3757 L<Announced on 2003-11-03 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/11/msg84645.html>
3759 It's fun to charter an accountant
3760 And sail the wide accountan-cy,
3761 To find, explore the funds offshore
3762 And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy.
3764 =head2 v5.8.2-RC1 - Edward Lear, "The Jumblies"
3766 L<Announced on 2003-10-27 by Nicholas Clark|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/10/msg84194.html>
3768 They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
3769 In a Sieve they went to sea:
3770 In spite of all their friends could say,
3771 On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
3772 In a Sieve they went to sea!
3773 And when the Sieve turned round and round,
3774 And everyone cried, "You'll all be drowned!"
3775 They cried aloud, "Our Sieve ain't big,
3776 But we don't care a button, we don't care a fig!
3777 In a Sieve we'll go to sea!"
3779 Far and few, far and few,
3780 Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
3781 Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
3782 And they went to sea in a Sieve.
3784 =head2 v5.8.1 - epigraph same as v5.7.1
3786 L<Announced on 2003-09-25 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/09/msg82678.html>
3788 =head2 v5.8.1-RC5 - Terry Pratchett, "Lords and Ladies"
3790 L<Announced on 2003-09-22 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/09/msg82476.html>
3792 No matter what she did with her hair it took about
3793 three minutes for it to tangle itself up again,
3794 like a garden hosepipe in a shed [Footnote: Which,
3795 no matter how carefully coiled, will always uncoil
3796 overnight and tie the lawnmower to the bicycles].
3798 =head2 v5.8.1-RC4 - Terry Pratchett, "Interesting Times"
3800 L<Announced on 2003-08-01 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/08/msg79184.html>
3802 Grand Viziers were /always/ scheming megalomaniacs.
3803 It was probably in the job description: "Are you a
3804 devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good,
3805 then you can be my most trusted minister."
3807 =head2 v5.8.1-RC3 - Terry Pratchett, "Interesting Times"
3809 L<Announced on 2003-07-30 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/07/msg79048.html>
3811 Lord Hong had a mind like a knife, although possibly
3812 a knife with a curved blade.
3814 =head2 v5.8.1-RC2 - Terry Pratchett, "Interesting Times"
3816 L<Announced on 2003-07-11 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/07/msg78102.html>
3818 Many an ancient lord's last words had been, "You can't kill
3819 me because I've got magic aaargh."
3821 =head2 v5.8.1-RC1 - Terry Pratchett, "Interesting Times"
3823 L<Announced on 2003-07-10 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/07/msg78009.html>
3825 Cohen was familiar with city gates. He'd broken down a number
3826 in his time, by battering ram, siege gun, and on one occasion
3829 But the gates of Hunghung were pretty damn good gates. They
3830 weren't like the gates of Ankh-Morpork, which were usually wide
3831 open to attract the spending customer and whose concession to
3832 defense was the sign "Thank You For Not Attacking Our City.
3833 Bonum Diem." These things were big and made of metal and there
3834 was a guardhouse and a squad of unhelpful men in black armor.
3836 =head2 v5.8.0 - Terry Pratchett, "Reaper Man"
3838 L<Announced on 2002-07-18 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/07/msg63720.html>
3840 There was the faint sound of footsteps.
3841 "Chap with a whip got as far as the big sharp spikes last week,"
3842 said the low priest.
3843 There was a sound like the flushing of a very old dry lavatory.
3844 The footsteps stopped. The High Priest smiled to himself.
3845 "Right," he said. "See your two pebbles and raise you two pebbles."
3846 The low priest threw down his cards. "Double Onion," he said.
3847 The High Priest looked down suspiciously.
3848 The low priest consulted a scrap of paper. "That's three hundred
3849 thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four pebbles you owe me," he said.
3850 There was the sound of footsteps. The priests exchanged glances.
3851 "Haven't had one for poisoned-dart alley for quite some time,"
3852 said the High Priest.
3853 "Five says he makes it", said the low priest. "You're on."
3854 There was a faint clatter of metal points on stone.
3855 "It's a shame to take your pebbles."
3856 There were footsteps again.
3858 =head2 v5.8.0-RC3 - no epigraph
3860 L<Announced on 2002-07-13 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/07/msg63234.html>
3862 =head2 v5.8.0-RC2 - no epigraph
3864 L<Announced on 2002-06-21 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/06/msg62013.html>
3866 =head2 v5.8.0-RC1 - no epigraph
3868 L<Announced on 2002-06-01 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/06/msg60317.html>
3870 =head2 v5.7.3 - Terry Pratchett, "Reaper Man"
3872 L<Announced on 2002-03-04 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/03/msg53652.html>
3874 Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong.
3875 No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always
3876 got there first, and is waiting for it.
3878 =head2 v5.7.2 - Terry Pratchett, "Small Gods"
3880 L<Announced on 2001-07-13 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/07/msg40370.html>
3882 His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools --
3883 the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up
3884 all three of them in his famous phrase, "You can't trust any
3885 bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing
3886 you can do about it, so let's have a drink."
3888 =head2 v5.7.1 - Terry Pratchett, "The Colour of Magic"
3890 L<Announced on 2001-04-09 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/04/msg33851.html>
3892 "What happens next?" asked Twoflower.
3894 Hrun screwed a finger in his ear and inspected it absently.
3896 "Oh,", he said, "I expect in a minute the door will be
3897 flung back and I'll be dragged off to some sort of temple
3898 arena where I'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders
3899 and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then
3900 I'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then
3901 I'll kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl
3902 will show me the secret passage out of the place and we'll
3903 liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure."
3904 Hrun leaned his head back on his hands and looked at the
3905 ceiling, whistling tunelessly.
3907 "All that?" said Twoflower.
3911 =head2 v5.7.0 - Terry Pratchett, "Moving Pictures"
3913 L<Announced on 2000-09-02 by Jarkko Hietaniemi|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2000/09/msg17730.html>
3915 The Librarian had seen many weird things in his time,
3916 but that had to be the 57th strangest.
3917 [footnote: he had a tidy mind]
3919 =head2 v5.6.2 - Laurence Sterne, "Tristram Shandy"
3921 L<Announced on 2003-11-15 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/11/msg85222.html>
3923 When great or unexpected events fall out upon the stage of this
3924 sublunary word--the mind of man, which is an inquisitive kind of
3925 a substance, naturally takes a flight, behind the scenes, to see
3926 what is the cause and first spring of them--The search was not
3927 long in this instance.
3929 =head2 v5.6.2-RC1 - Laurence Sterne, "Tristram Shandy"
3931 L<Announced on 2003-11-08 by Rafael Garcia-Suarez|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/11/msg84953.html>
3933 "Pray, my dear", quoth my mother, "have you not forgot to wind up the clock?"
3935 =head2 v5.6.1 - J R R Tolkien, "The Hobbit", Riddles in the Dark
3937 L<Announced on 2001-04-08 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/04/msg33823.html>
3939 `What have I got in my pocket?' he said aloud. He was talking to
3940 himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was frightfully
3943 `Not fair! not fair!' he hissed. `It isn't fair, my precious, is it,
3944 to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?'
3946 Bilbo seeing what had happened and having nothing better to ask
3947 stuck to his question, `What have I got in my pocket?' he said
3950 `S-s-s-s-s,' hissed Gollum. `It must give us three guesseses,
3951 my precious, three guesseses.'
3953 =head2 v5.6.1-foolish - no epigraph
3955 L<Announced on 2001-04-01 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/04/msg33421.html>
3957 =head2 v5.6.1-TRIAL3 - I can't find the announcement
3959 No announcement available.
3961 =head2 v5.6.1-TRIAL2 - no epigraph
3963 L<Announced on 2001-01-31 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/01/msg29934.html>
3965 =head2 v5.6.1-TRIAL1 - no epigraph
3967 L<Announced on 2000-12-18 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2000/12/msg27738.html>
3969 =head2 v5.6.0 - J R R Tolkien, "The Hobbit", The Last Stage
3971 L<Announced on 2000-03-23 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2000/03/msg10341.html>
3973 The dragon is withered,
3974 His bones are now crumbled;
3975 His armour is shivered,
3976 His splendour is humbled!
3977 Though sword shall be rusted,
3978 And throne and crown perish
3979 With strength that men trusted
3980 And wealth that they cherish,
3981 Here grass is still growing,
3982 And leaves are a yet swinging,
3983 The white water flowing,
3984 And elves are yet singing
3985 Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
3986 Come back to the valley.
3988 =head2 v5.6.0-RC3 - no epigraph
3990 L<Announced on 2000-03-22 by Gurusamy Sarathy|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2000/03/msg10140.html>
3992 =head2 v5.005_05-RC1 - no epigraph
3994 L<Announced on 2009-02-16 by LE<0xe9>on Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/02/msg144227.html>
3996 =head2 v5.005_04 - no epigraph
3998 L<Announced on 2004-03-01 by LE<0xe9>on Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/03/msg89047.html>
4000 =head2 v5.005_04-RC2 - Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book"
4002 L<Announced on 2004-02-19 by LE<0xe9>on Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/02/msg88672.html>
4004 The monkeys called the place their city, and pretended to despise
4005 the Jungle-People because they lived in the forest. And yet they
4006 never knew what the buildings were made for nor how to use
4007 them. They would sit in circles on the hall of the king's council
4008 chamber, and scratch for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would
4009 run in and out of the roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster
4010 and old bricks in a corner, and forget where they had hidden them,
4011 and fight and cry in scuffling crowds, and then break off to play up
4012 and down the terraces of the king's garden, where they would shake
4013 the rose trees and the oranges in sport to see the fruit and flowers
4016 =head2 v5.005_04-RC1 - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
4018 L<Announced on 2004-02-05 by LE<0xe9>on Brocard|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2004/02/msg88312.html>
4020 Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had
4021 plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was
4022 going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what
4023 she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked
4024 at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with
4025 cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures
4026 hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she
4027 passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great
4028 disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear
4029 of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as
4032 =head2 v1.0_16 - Johan Vromans, extemporarily
4034 L<Announced on 2003-12-18 by Richard Clamp|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2003/12/msg86423.html>
4036 't was 16 years ago today
4037 Larry taught us a new game
4038 of lazyness, impatience, and hubris
4039 Happy birthday, Perl!
4041 =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4043 This document was originally compiled based on a list of epigraphs
4044 on L<Perl Monks|http://perlmonks.org> titled
4045 L<Recent Perl Release Announcement|http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=372406>