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  • ProjectPlan40 - The Linux Foundation ...

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  • SLOCCount ...

  • Counting Source Lines of Code (SLOC) ... Debian 3.1 ("Sarge") had grown to about 230 million source lines of code, with an estimated 60,000 person-years and billion USD redevelopment cost.

  • Zen Marxism ...

  • NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Birthday problem ... perl -e 'for (1..23) {{int(rand(365)+1)}++}; for (keys %h) {print __END__ , ": ", {__END__ }, " timesn" if {__END__ } > 1}'

  • Steven Levy on How the Chumby Could Become Man's New Best Friend ...

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  • Mon, 17 Nov 2003

    Momo on solipsism

    From the book Momo, by Michael Ende (1973):

    'You're called Momo, aren't you?'

    'Yes.'

    'That's a pretty name, but I've never heard it before. Who gave it to you?'

    'I did,' said Momo.

    'You chose your own name?'

    'Yes.'

    'When were you born?'

    Momo pondered this. 'As far as I can remember,' she said at length, 'I've always been around.'

    (Chapter 1)

    To paraphrase the Zen Master Bankei, "You were never born, so you will never die." Strangely, there does not seem to be much about Bankei on the English-speaking Web at the moment, but the best book about Bankei and his teachings I have ever read is Bankei Zen, translator Peter Haskel (1989).

    Entered 12:44 [/sophia] permalink