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The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges By this art you may contemplate the variations of the 23 letters...The Anatomy of Melancholy, part 2, sect. II, mem. IV The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries, with vast air shafts between, surrounded by very low railings. dhcmrlchtdj which the divine Library has not foreseen and which in one of its secret tongues do not contain a terrible meaning. Notes 1 The original manuscript does not contain digits or capital letters. [If you liked this, you should consider checking out some of the stuff over at The Universe of Discourse, such as The Zahir , Luis Briceno y Confuerde de la Juemos: A Look Back and Adolfo Bioy Cassares and the Real World.

I am the very model <div style="padding:5px; font-size:80%; width:300px; background-color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px dashed gray;"> Internet Archive's<!--'--> in-browser audio player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. 1. PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Act I PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Act II PLEASE GO TO FOR SUPERIOR TRANSFER & HIGHER BIT RATE. D'Oyly Carte Chorus and Orchestra. This audio is part of the collection: 78 RPMs & Cylinder RecordingsIt also belongs to collection: Music, Arts & Culture Artist/Composer: Malcolm Sargent, conductorKeywords: Gilbert and Sullivan; 78rpm; opera Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Notes D'Oyly Carte Chorus and Orchestra Malcolm Sargent, conductor ACT I Overture Pour, O pour the pirate sherry When Frederic was a little lad Oh, better far to live and die Oh, false one, you have deceived me!

and by Brian Cronin| April 29, 2012 @ 11:55 PM |20 Comments| Every week we spotlight the various characters, phrases, objects or events that eventually became notable parts of comic book lore. Not major stuff like “the first appearance of Superman,” but rather, “the first time someone said, ‘Avengers Assemble!’” or “the first appearance of Batman’s giant penny” or “the first appearance of Alfred Pennyworth” or “the first time Spider-Man’s face was shown half-Spidey/half-Peter.” Today, based on a suggestion by Omar Karindu, we look at the history of Green and Red Kryptonite and how long it took before they resembled their classic forms! Enjoy! Kryptonite was first introduced on the Superman radio show in 1943. Yep, it is not green (NOTE: The kryptonite is the swami’s gem)! A few months later, Lex Luthor made synthetic kryptonite in Action Comics #141, and it ALSO wasn’t green! The following issue, Action Comics #142, we finally see the synthetic kryptonite as green… That was quite a journey!

I The Nottingham Coup Nottingham Castle Here Mortimer, paramour of Queen Isabella, and governor of the kingdom during the minority of Edward III, held his court, and he was here surprised by the young king in 1330. Later, King Edward IV, from the good will he bore to Nottingham, very much enlarged the castle by various towers, so that in manner it seemed new. Mortimer's Hole This is a subterranean passage which formerly had six gates at various distances, and is 107 yards in length, seven feet high, and six feet wide. All the way down there are broad steps cut into the rock, and openings on either side to convey light into the passage, and to serve the soldiers to shoot their arrows through upon the enemy. < Lower entrance to Mortimer's Cave Mortimer captured In October 1330, [others say about Michelmas, i.e. 29th September] the King's Court or Parliament came to Nottingham where, in the parlance of the time, they parleyed. < Upper entrance to Mortimer's Cave from Romylow's Tower 2. 3.

to Waterloo These large vaulted tunnels are located directly beneath London Waterloo main station. Many of the tunnels carry pipes or cables, but most have been partitioned and double up as storage and work areas for staff. Some of the tunnels are still used by various companies associated with the railway or for storage for the station's shops, whereas the majority are empty. There is no public access to these tunnels, this was a specially arranged trip with Subterranea Brittanica. Entrance to the tunnels One of the large vaults Large room Steps up to a higher level This area is said to have been used as a morgue Area containing old toilets and even a bathroom! Another large vault Partitioned room Many pipes can be seen in this tunnel Arches in the furthest section

in order Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) Gottfried Leibniz laid the modern foundation of the movement from decimal to binary as far back as 1666 with his 'On the Art of Combination', laying out a method for reducing all logic to exact statements. Leibniz believed logic, or ‘the laws of thought’ could be moved from a verbal state - which was subject to the ambiguities of language, tone and circumstance - into an absolute mathematical condition: "A sort of universal language or script, but infinitely different from all those projected hitherto, for the symbols and even words in it would direct the reason, and errors, except for those of fact, would be mere mistakes in calculation. The concept was a bit high-flown for his time, and Leibniz' idea was ignored by the scientific community of his day. Leibniz' stepped wheel calculator was built for decimal numbers.

categorical Categorical variables represent types of data which may be divided into groups. Examples of categorical variables are race, sex, age group, and educational level. While the latter two variables may also be considered in a numerical manner by using exact values for age and highest grade completed, it is often more informative to categorize such variables into a relatively small number of groups. Analysis of categorical data generally involves the use of data tables. A two-way table presents categorical data by counting the number of observations that fall into each group for two variables, one divided into rows and the other divided into columns. For example, suppose a survey was conducted of a group of 20 individuals, who were asked to identify their hair and eye color. Since simple counts are often difficult to analyze, two-way tables are often converted into percentages. For a more detailed example, consider the following dataset, "Weights of 1996 US Olympic Rowing Team."

I understand equations The Cold Equations appeared in the August 1954 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. I can do no better than John Campbell’s original preface to this story: “The Frontier is a strange place – and a frontier is not always easy to recognize. It may lie on the other side of a simple door marked ‘No admittance’ – but it is always deadly dangerous.” — ed, N.E. by Tom Godwin ©1954 (Public Domain) He was not alone. There was nothing to indicate the fact but the white hand of the tiny gauge on the board before him. It could be but one kind of a body — a living, human body. He leaned back in the pilot’s chair and drew a deep, slow breath, considering what he would have to do. He would, of course, do it. It was the law, and there could be no appeal. It was a law not of men’s choosing but made imperative by the circumstances of the space frontier. He let his eyes rest on the narrow white door of the closet. There could be no alternative. “Come out!” “I said out!” It was a girl. Now what? “Mimir. “What?”

theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news Information Overload is an increasing problem both in the workplace, and in life in general. Those that learn to deal with it effectively will have a major advantage in the next few years. Information Overload is when you are trying to deal with more information than you are able to process to make sensible decisions. It is now commonplace to be getting too many e-mails, reports and incoming messages to deal with them effectively. The Information Overload Age The first recorded use of the phrase “information overload” was used by the futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970, when he predicted that the rapidly increasing amounts of information being produced would eventually cause people problems. Although people talk about “living in the information age,” written information has been used for thousands of years. The root of the problem is that, although computer processing and memory is increasing all the time, the humans that must use the information are not getting any faster. Causes Solutions

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