Book Meme

Buon giorno, il mi amico. Come stai?

I’ve seen this on several blogs and thought it would be fun to do. It’s simple and should be interesting. Be sure to follow the rules – no cheating!

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
  5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Since I only have computer books around my desk, I’m gonna have to be geeky.

From CGI Programming with Perl:

While SSI has technically nothing to do with CGI, it is an important tool for incorporating dynamic information, as well as output from CGI programs, into otherwise static documents, and you should definitely be aware of its abilities and limitations because in come cases it can provide a simpler and more efficient solution than a CGI script.

For example, say you want to have a web page display the last date it was modified. You could create a CGI script to disply the file and use Perl’s -M operator to determine the age of the file.

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10 Responses to “Book Meme”

  1. Paul C. February 25, 2005 at 17:29 #

    We encounter two problems here. The first is a missing executable: floppyd, a daemon to provide floppy access to remote users. The second problem is a make error that occurs when make tries to create the info file for mtools (a documentation format common on Linux systems).

    if search engines index these pages, it will sure throw off some real searches.

  2. rachel February 25, 2005 at 19:26 #

    from the D&D monster manual…

    Howlers live in dark planes where chaos and evil hold sway. These beasts hunt in packs, racing through caverns to wear down their prey and rend it to bits. Long-legged and spiky-haired, howlers are bestially humanoid in appearance.

  3. david February 25, 2005 at 21:34 #

    I decided I would go, but I’d take my time. I was in no hurry to make a fool of myself in front of Jack. Unable to read my thoughts, she assumed I’d launched the silent treatment.

  4. Chris February 26, 2005 at 01:06 #

    What book were your sentences from Paul and David?

  5. david February 26, 2005 at 09:59 #

    Mine was from Every Womans Desire….I know what you are thinking but its a book for men, on figuring out women. Really good too.

  6. david February 26, 2005 at 10:00 #

    It was either that or some long complicated data sequence from a cell signaling textbook. Figured this might be a little more understood.

  7. Paul C. February 26, 2005 at 11:33 #

    My quote was from O’Reilly’s System Administrator book.

  8. Scott February 28, 2005 at 13:16 #

    I had to alter it a bit…the closest book to me only has 45 pages…so I went to the 23 page….

    ECM Tank Zero:Hour
    This vehicle-based suite of electronic countermeasures protects advancing Chinese colums. A multi-frequency jammer effectively disrupts guided missle and rocket attacks, which can cause them to miss targets. Its directed beam can also disable the electronics of vehicle units.

  9. Nick March 2, 2005 at 01:03 #

    “Opportunities for exploitation are limited via this avenue. Assuming that file sharing, the Dial-Up Server, and remote Registry access aren’t enabled on your Win 9x system, can you consider yourself safe? The answer to this question should be rhetorical by now — no.”
    Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, Edition 3

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