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Paul Smith writes: "New Scientist is carrying a story about a redesigned version of the programming language C called Cyclone from AT&T labs. "The Cyclone compiler identifies segments of code that could eventually cause such problems using a "type-checking engine". This does not just look for specific strings of code, but analyses the code's purpose and singles out conflicts known to be potentially dangerous.""
Sounds like you've eaten one or two yourself.
Me horsey!
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what country are you from? here in the US its called Chutes-and-Ladders
Every team on campus has its foil, an opponent who always seems to get the better of it. For football, there's Michigan. Men's basketball, Michigan State.
For Illini hockey, there are the Iowa State Cyclones, who routinely roll into town once a year, wreak havoc on the Illini and board the bus back to Ames two victories richer.
But not this year.
Saturday night, University Ice Arena:
Out for blood
The Illini won last night, 5-3. If they win on this evening, they will avenge being swept by the Cyclones in October. Furthermore, it will be the first two-game sweep of Iowa State in two seasons.
No ordinary game, indeed.
Just before 7:30, the Illini take the ice to great applause.
Two things jump out at you the first time you watch a game at the University Ice Arena.
One: The place smells. Smells real bad. This shouldn't be a surprise -- hockey players exert themselves with considerably more force than, say, bocce ball enthusiasts -- but it still assaults the nose like none other.
Two: Illini don't particularly hold the opponent in high esteem.
Meaning, when an Illini player scores a goal, most fans will turn toward the opposing goalie, point, and shout, "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Cribbage it isn't. And this is the backdrop under which the Iowa State Hockey Cheersquad enters the story.
Kelly, Mandi, Genevieve, Anne, Katrina, Jen, Megan and Kristin seem nice enough. They're polite, perky and helpful.
Why in the world, then, did they choose to take a road trip, their one road trip for the season outside of the national tournament, to come here?
"We choose to come here just to piss the crowd off," said Jen, their coach.
Cribbage cheerleaders they aren't.
The Cheersquad has little to cheer about early. Illinois storms to a 2-0 in the first three minutes on goals by Joel Superfine and Mike Boettcher.
They do their part to fire up their team, which sleepwalks through most of the first period.
"Let's go, Cyclones! Suck it up!" they yell.
Fans have hung signs over the Cyclone bench. Anne gets out her camcorder to get a better look at them. "Bad Hockey Team," one reads.
This, along with the incessant chanting of "You Suck!" during virtually every stoppage of play, amuses her.
"Honestly, this school's a hard school to get into," she says. "Why can't you come up with better lines? I'm serious. One of the rugby players last night said, 'Cyclones Blow.'
"Well, yeah, Cyclones, a form of nature, do blow, and that's our point."
Shortly thereafter, the geography of the game changes. Iowa State scores, making the score 2-1.
It is then that the Iowa State cheerleaders whip off their gray hooded sweatshirts to reveal white T-shirts, each with a red letter on them.
From left to right, the shirts spell "Cyclones."
Funny. Not a lot of booing this move.
Thin ice
The second period sees the Illini knocking out Cyclone goaltender Ramyleo Abujobarah with two quick goals, but also features two Cyclone power-play goals sandwiched around an Illini power play goal of their own.
For the first part of the intermission, the coaches stress the importance of converting on the power play. Some players sit on a narrow wooden bench in the middle of the room; others sit by their lockers.
Intermission is almost over when Illini head coach Chad Cassel takes a more emotional approach with his team. "It comes down to the last 20 minutes, fellas -- who wants it?" he asks. "You guys have worked too hard. You guys deserve it.
The team cheers when he finishes. They begin to walk up the stairs to the ice. Cassel has one more message for them: "Power play, get us started."
The kill
Easier said than done. Illinois does not break through with the Cyclones short-handed.
Iowa State, however, does break through against the Illini defense, scoring twice in a little over three minutes in the middle of the period to tie the game.
"Come on, keep your heads up boys," senior forward Tim Martin shouts at his teammates.
"We battled back yesterday," Cassel reminds his team. "We'll do it again today."
Yes, the Illini fought off a Cyclone comeback to win on Friday. Still, these are the Cyclones.
There is considerably more head-hanging on the Illini bench.
Forty-four seconds in, Illinois kills off a Cyclone power play. No more than twenty seconds later, the Cyclones are caught with six men on the ice.
"Too many!" shouts the Illini bench.
The referees agree. The Illini are on the power play.
They perform brilliantly, creating a lot of traffic in front of Cyclone goalie Nathan Dahlen and working the puck to defenseman Todd Chrustowski at the point. Brian Tilden re-directs the puck past Dahlen and into the net.
Game over. Illini sweep.
Pandemonium.
The Illini bench mobs Chrustowski and Co. on the ice while Cassel and his coaches heartily congratulate each other on the bench.
After the teams line up and shake hands, the Illini leave the ice to the resounding applause of their fans.
Their coach is just as pleased with their performance.
"Just when I thought I couldn't be any prouder of a team, you topped last night," he says. "In my four years as head coach, I've never been as proud of a team. Take some time and enjoy this."
Epilogue
About a half-an-hour after the game has ended, after the players have dressed and left and but a handful of fans hang out in the lobby, Chad Cassel helps take apart the souvenir stand. As he stacks boxes of game programs against the wall, he is asked if this, too, falls under the job description of Illini hockey head coach.
"Oh, yeah," he says, smiling. "It's a thankless job."
Not tonight it isn't.
Time for a quick masturbation break http://208.155.74.12/previews/L/Linux_Chick.jpg
The court ruled it legal to fuck the voters by running out the clock, and demonstrated how to do it.
And then the press, in order to prove Gore won, did a recount, which showed that Bush won.
So they did another recount, which just finished last week. It also showed that Bush won.
I didn't vote for the guy either, but get over it.
Does Taco's mom follow him around like a love-sick groupie?
With the frequency your mom is shared tonight, you should worry about your insecure "penis".
Why does it hurt when I pee?
nice troll. But that part about a "modern" and "mission-critical" GPL application gave it away. Try being more subtle next time.
I don't know which is more pathetic - people who mistakenly believe UserFriendly is funny, or people wo mistakenly believe Vigor is funny. Of course, since they're the same people, they're all just pathetic.
hi.
I'd like to do some anal compiling with you.
"can I push in your stool?"
Rob Malda