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Re: My foremost goal in 2009 is to:

by missingthepoint (Friar)
on Jan 12, 2009 at 02:10 UTC ( [id://735587]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to My foremost goal in 2009 is to:

Perfect my time-travelling device, travel back in time to 1999, and start learning Perl when I wish I had...


Life is denied by lack of attention,
whether it be to cleaning windows
or trying to write a masterpiece...
-- Nadia Boulanger

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Re^2: My foremost goal in 2009 is to:
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 12, 2009 at 07:09 UTC

    Oh! Is there some undocumented magic attached to localtime :)

    Ah! But wouldn't using knowledge you have now to give yourself knowledge that you didn't have then ... Um!

    Wouldn't giving yourself the knowledge then that you need now to ... Um!

    Bottom line: causality loops; time paradox; holes in the space time continuum; universal annihilation and all that good stuff :)


    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
      Oh! Is there some undocumented magic attached to localtime :)

      Yesssss..... It's very deep magic. Which avoids all those sticky time-space problems. In fact, it's highly classified and I'll probably be shot for talking about it. So when the men from Three Letter Agencies come, tell them I said NOTHING.


      Life is denied by lack of attention,
      whether it be to cleaning windows
      or trying to write a masterpiece...
      -- Nadia Boulanger
        More twisty than sticky really, but then, there is your name to consider... :)

        fnord

Re^2: My foremost goal in 2009 is to:
by drip (Beadle) on Jan 16, 2009 at 03:02 UTC
    please do tell me when you get the time machine right...so i can also time travel back to 2000..lawl

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