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1 | instrumented | ||
2 | a | ||
3 | collage | ||
4 | tr | ||
5 | has | ||
6 | been | ||
7 | a | ||
8 | part | ||
9 | of | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | unix | ||
12 | toolset | ||
13 | since | ||
14 | the | ||
15 | late | ||
16 | 70s | ||
17 | short | ||
18 | for | ||
19 | translate | ||
20 | or | ||
21 | transliterate | ||
22 | tr | ||
23 | takes | ||
24 | two | ||
25 | strings | ||
26 | as | ||
27 | arguments | ||
28 | and | ||
29 | replaces | ||
30 | incidences | ||
31 | of | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | first | ||
34 | with | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | second | ||
37 | while | ||
38 | reading | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | byte | ||
41 | stream | ||
42 | it | ||
43 | also | ||
44 | supports | ||
45 | ranges | ||
46 | of | ||
47 | characters | ||
48 | in | ||
49 | formats | ||
50 | such | ||
51 | as | ||
52 | a-z | ||
53 | as | ||
54 | well | ||
55 | as | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | posix-compliant | ||
58 | alpha | ||
59 | although | ||
60 | sed | ||
61 | has | ||
62 | more | ||
63 | options | ||
64 | and | ||
65 | features | ||
66 | for | ||
67 | a | ||
68 | quick | ||
69 | search-and-replace | ||
70 | tr | ||
71 | is | ||
72 | more | ||
73 | than | ||
74 | sufficient | ||
75 | the | ||
76 | wind | ||
77 | blows | ||
78 | hard | ||
79 | up | ||
80 | here | ||
81 | far | ||
82 | harder | ||
83 | than | ||
84 | anywhere | ||
85 | else | ||
86 | i've | ||
87 | been | ||
88 | i | ||
89 | wonder | ||
90 | at | ||
91 | times | ||
92 | if | ||
93 | it | ||
94 | might | ||
95 | pick | ||
96 | me | ||
97 | up | ||
98 | like | ||
99 | an | ||
100 | angel | ||
101 | and | ||
102 | carry | ||
103 | me | ||
104 | into | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | night | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | secret | ||
109 | to | ||
110 | truly | ||
111 | great | ||
112 | rolls | ||
113 | is | ||
114 | mayonnaise | ||
115 | although | ||
116 | i | ||
117 | have | ||
118 | received | ||
119 | looks | ||
120 | of | ||
121 | disgust | ||
122 | at | ||
123 | this | ||
124 | assertion | ||
125 | i | ||
126 | think | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | explanation | ||
129 | is | ||
130 | enough | ||
131 | to | ||
132 | expel | ||
133 | doubt | ||
134 | mayonnaise | ||
135 | includes | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | fat | ||
138 | cream | ||
139 | and | ||
140 | egg | ||
141 | content | ||
142 | rolls | ||
143 | need | ||
144 | to | ||
145 | be | ||
146 | any | ||
147 | good | ||
148 | plus | ||
149 | in | ||
150 | mayonnaise | ||
151 | they | ||
152 | come | ||
153 | premeasured | ||
154 | and | ||
155 | perfectly | ||
156 | blended | ||
157 | which | ||
158 | makes | ||
159 | for | ||
160 | incredibly | ||
161 | easy | ||
162 | and | ||
163 | delicious | ||
164 | rolls | ||
165 | after | ||
166 | i | ||
167 | explain | ||
168 | myself | ||
169 | the | ||
170 | looks | ||
171 | of | ||
172 | disgust | ||
173 | usually | ||
174 | remain | ||
175 | my | ||
176 | mother | ||
177 | used | ||
178 | to | ||
179 | make | ||
180 | me | ||
181 | mayonnaise | ||
182 | rolls | ||
183 | and | ||
184 | hers | ||
185 | will | ||
186 | always | ||
187 | be | ||
188 | the | ||
189 | best | ||
190 | i | ||
191 | had | ||
192 | a | ||
193 | teacher | ||
194 | in | ||
195 | college | ||
196 | who | ||
197 | explained | ||
198 | xenophobia | ||
199 | as | ||
200 | mother's | ||
201 | cooking | ||
202 | is | ||
203 | best | ||
204 | one | ||
205 | of | ||
206 | my | ||
207 | favorite | ||
208 | fictional | ||
209 | theories | ||
210 | is | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | shoe | ||
213 | event | ||
214 | horizon | ||
215 | an | ||
216 | economic | ||
217 | truth | ||
218 | which | ||
219 | states | ||
220 | that | ||
221 | as | ||
222 | a | ||
223 | society | ||
224 | progresses | ||
225 | shoe | ||
226 | stores | ||
227 | become | ||
228 | more | ||
229 | and | ||
230 | more | ||
231 | prevalent | ||
232 | the | ||
233 | demand | ||
234 | for | ||
235 | shoes | ||
236 | raises | ||
237 | slowly | ||
238 | almost | ||
239 | imperceptibly | ||
240 | causing | ||
241 | shoe | ||
242 | manufacturers | ||
243 | to | ||
244 | make | ||
245 | more | ||
246 | and | ||
247 | cheaper | ||
248 | shoes | ||
249 | this | ||
250 | begins | ||
251 | a | ||
252 | vicious | ||
253 | cycle | ||
254 | during | ||
255 | which | ||
256 | more | ||
257 | and | ||
258 | more | ||
259 | shoes | ||
260 | are | ||
261 | made | ||
262 | more | ||
263 | and | ||
264 | more | ||
265 | cheaply | ||
266 | causing | ||
267 | more | ||
268 | shoes | ||
269 | to | ||
270 | be | ||
271 | bought | ||
272 | and | ||
273 | thus | ||
274 | made | ||
275 | until | ||
276 | finally | ||
277 | the | ||
278 | society | ||
279 | reaches | ||
280 | the | ||
281 | shoe | ||
282 | event | ||
283 | horizon | ||
284 | this | ||
285 | is | ||
286 | the | ||
287 | point | ||
288 | at | ||
289 | which | ||
290 | it | ||
291 | becomes | ||
292 | economically | ||
293 | impossible | ||
294 | for | ||
295 | any | ||
296 | stores | ||
297 | but | ||
298 | shoe | ||
299 | stores | ||
300 | to | ||
301 | exist | ||
302 | after | ||
303 | the | ||
304 | economy | ||
305 | collapses | ||
306 | the | ||
307 | society's | ||
308 | people | ||
309 | invariably | ||
310 | turn | ||
311 | into | ||
312 | birds | ||
313 | never | ||
314 | to | ||
315 | touch | ||
316 | ground | ||
317 | again | ||
318 | awk | ||
319 | is | ||
320 | often | ||
321 | used | ||
322 | as | ||
323 | a | ||
324 | command-line | ||
325 | stream-editing | ||
326 | tool | ||
327 | but | ||
328 | it | ||
329 | is | ||
330 | actually | ||
331 | an | ||
332 | entire | ||
333 | interpreted | ||
334 | language | ||
335 | it | ||
336 | supports | ||
337 | multiple | ||
338 | variables | ||
339 | and | ||
340 | logical | ||
341 | structuring | ||
342 | and | ||
343 | has | ||
344 | been | ||
345 | the | ||
346 | inspiration | ||
347 | for | ||
348 | perl | ||
349 | which | ||
350 | has | ||
351 | largely | ||
352 | replaced | ||
353 | it | ||
354 | it | ||
355 | was | ||
356 | originally | ||
357 | written | ||
358 | in | ||
359 | 1977 | ||
360 | but | ||
361 | over | ||
362 | the | ||
363 | years | ||
364 | has | ||
365 | evolved | ||
366 | with | ||
367 | multiple | ||
368 | implementations | ||
369 | made | ||
370 | for | ||
371 | different | ||
372 | uses | ||
373 | the | ||
374 | best | ||
375 | shoes | ||
376 | i | ||
377 | ever | ||
378 | owned | ||
379 | were | ||
380 | franco | ||
381 | fortinis | ||
382 | a | ||
383 | brand | ||
384 | i | ||
385 | have | ||
386 | yet | ||
387 | to | ||
388 | find | ||
389 | anywhere | ||
390 | else | ||
391 | sometimes | ||
392 | i | ||
393 | wonder | ||
394 | if | ||
395 | i | ||
396 | dreamed | ||
397 | the | ||
398 | shoes | ||
399 | like | ||
400 | in | ||
401 | stories | ||
402 | where | ||
403 | the | ||
404 | protagonist | ||
405 | buys | ||
406 | a | ||
407 | powerful | ||
408 | object | ||
409 | from | ||
410 | a | ||
411 | mysterious | ||
412 | store | ||
413 | and | ||
414 | try | ||
415 | to | ||
416 | return | ||
417 | it | ||
418 | after | ||
419 | it | ||
420 | backfires | ||
421 | in | ||
422 | some | ||
423 | tragic | ||
424 | way | ||
425 | only | ||
426 | to | ||
427 | find | ||
428 | the | ||
429 | spot | ||
430 | where | ||
431 | the | ||
432 | store | ||
433 | stood | ||
434 | is | ||
435 | an | ||
436 | empty | ||
437 | lot | ||
438 | or | ||
439 | worse | ||
440 | a | ||
441 | blank | ||
442 | brick | ||
443 | wall | ||
444 | after | ||
445 | having | ||
446 | moved | ||
447 | to | ||
448 | arizona | ||
449 | i | ||
450 | fear | ||
451 | i | ||
452 | will | ||
453 | forget | ||
454 | what | ||
455 | rain | ||
456 | is | ||
457 | like | ||
458 | i | ||
459 | don't | ||
460 | think | ||
461 | it's | ||
462 | sandbags | ||
463 | falling | ||
464 | on | ||
465 | the | ||
466 | body | ||
467 | and | ||
468 | i | ||
469 | believe | ||
470 | it | ||
471 | is | ||
472 | cold | ||
473 | i | ||
474 | think | ||
475 | daredevil | ||
476 | that | ||
477 | piss | ||
478 | of | ||
479 | a | ||
480 | film | ||
481 | has | ||
482 | endeared | ||
483 | itself | ||
484 | to | ||
485 | me | ||
486 | forever | ||
487 | with | ||
488 | its | ||
489 | depiction | ||
490 | of | ||
491 | rain | ||
492 | recent | ||
493 | studies | ||
494 | have | ||
495 | proven | ||
496 | eyewitness | ||
497 | testimony | ||
498 | to | ||
499 | be | ||
500 | utterly | ||
501 | unreliable | ||
502 | it | ||
503 | turns | ||
504 | out | ||
505 | that | ||
506 | memory | ||
507 | is | ||
508 | not | ||
509 | a | ||
510 | record | ||
511 | set | ||
512 | down | ||
513 | on | ||
514 | the | ||
515 | tablet | ||
516 | of | ||
517 | the | ||
518 | brain | ||
519 | but | ||
520 | rather | ||
521 | a | ||
522 | series | ||
523 | of | ||
524 | impressions | ||
525 | emotions | ||
526 | and | ||
527 | physical | ||
528 | states | ||
529 | that | ||
530 | changes | ||
531 | even | ||
532 | with | ||
533 | access | ||
534 | one | ||
535 | of | ||
536 | my | ||
537 | students | ||
538 | is | ||
539 | having | ||
540 | a | ||
541 | hard | ||
542 | time | ||
543 | finding | ||
544 | arguments | ||
545 | in | ||
546 | favor | ||
547 | of | ||
548 | the | ||
549 | use | ||
550 | of | ||
551 | eyewitness | ||
552 | testimony | ||
553 | for | ||
554 | a | ||
555 | paper | ||
556 | this | ||
557 | is | ||
558 | how | ||
559 | obvious | ||
560 | the | ||
561 | workings | ||
562 | of | ||
563 | memory | ||
564 | are | ||
565 | and | ||
566 | yet | ||
567 | without | ||
568 | our | ||
569 | memory | ||
570 | we | ||
571 | are | ||
572 | nothing | ||
573 | memory | ||
574 | is | ||
575 | the | ||
576 | tether | ||
577 | to | ||
578 | the | ||
579 | floor | ||
580 | of | ||
581 | the | ||
582 | ocean | ||
583 | of | ||
584 | our | ||
585 | past | ||
586 | the | ||
587 | ocean | ||
588 | is | ||
589 | our | ||
590 | collective | ||
591 | subconscious | ||
592 | which | ||
593 | we | ||
594 | float | ||
595 | on | ||
596 | on | ||
597 | the | ||
598 | inner | ||
599 | tube | ||
600 | of | ||
601 | individual | ||
602 | perception | ||
603 | slathering | ||
604 | on | ||
605 | the | ||
606 | suntan | ||
607 | lotion | ||
608 | of | ||
609 | our | ||
610 | prejudices | ||
611 | wearing | ||
612 | the | ||
613 | sunglasses | ||
614 | of | ||
615 | self-deception | ||
616 | all | ||
617 | underneath | ||
618 | the | ||
619 | sun | ||
620 | of | ||
621 | technology | ||
622 | the | ||
623 | seagulls | ||
624 | of | ||
625 | death | ||
626 | circle | ||
627 | slowly | ||
628 | calling | ||
629 | to | ||
630 | each | ||
631 | other | ||
632 | the | ||
633 | call | ||
634 | of | ||
635 | their | ||
636 | society | ||
637 | secret | ||
638 | in | ||
639 | its | ||
640 | machinations | ||
641 | my | ||
642 | father | ||
643 | told | ||
644 | me | ||
645 | that | ||
646 | once | ||
647 | when | ||
648 | swimming | ||
649 | a | ||
650 | rip | ||
651 | tide | ||
652 | pulled | ||
653 | him | ||
654 | far | ||
655 | out | ||
656 | to | ||
657 | sea | ||
658 | he | ||
659 | said | ||
660 | it | ||
661 | was | ||
662 | impossible | ||
663 | to | ||
664 | tell | ||
665 | until | ||
666 | it | ||
667 | was | ||
668 | too | ||
669 | late | ||
670 | the | ||
671 | shore | ||
672 | simply | ||
673 | receded | ||
674 | too | ||
675 | slowly | ||
676 | he | ||
677 | never | ||
678 | told | ||
679 | me | ||
680 | how | ||
681 | he | ||
682 | made | ||
683 | it | ||
684 | back | ||
685 | but | ||
686 | i | ||
687 | imagine | ||
688 | him | ||
689 | bearded | ||
690 | beached | ||
691 | coughing | ||
692 | up | ||
693 | saltwater | ||
694 | a | ||
695 | new | ||
696 | shipwrecked | ||
697 | victim | ||
698 | grep | ||
699 | is | ||
700 | a | ||
701 | basic | ||
702 | search | ||
703 | tool | ||
704 | for | ||
705 | unix-based | ||
706 | systems | ||
707 | it | ||
708 | has | ||
709 | a | ||
710 | robust | ||
711 | syntax | ||
712 | though | ||
713 | i've | ||
714 | had | ||
715 | trouble | ||
716 | remembering | ||
717 | the | ||
718 | regex | ||
719 | nuances | ||
720 | between | ||
721 | it | ||
722 | sed's | ||
723 | and | ||
724 | perl's | ||
725 | there | ||
726 | is | ||
727 | a | ||
728 | posix | ||
729 | standard | ||
730 | but | ||
731 | no | ||
732 | one | ||
733 | follows | ||
734 | standards | ||
735 | my | ||
736 | mother | ||
737 | loves | ||
738 | annie | ||
739 | dillard | ||
740 | she | ||
741 | always | ||
742 | talks | ||
743 | about | ||
744 | the | ||
745 | praying | ||
746 | mantis | ||
747 | egg | ||
748 | case | ||
749 | scene | ||
750 | dillard | ||
751 | could | ||
752 | never | ||
753 | find | ||
754 | a | ||
755 | praying | ||
756 | mantis | ||
757 | egg | ||
758 | case | ||
759 | until | ||
760 | she | ||
761 | finally | ||
762 | saw | ||
763 | one | ||
764 | by | ||
765 | accident | ||
766 | after | ||
767 | that | ||
768 | she | ||
769 | saw | ||
770 | them | ||
771 | everywhere | ||
772 | my | ||
773 | mother | ||
774 | showed | ||
775 | me | ||
776 | an | ||
777 | egg | ||
778 | case | ||
779 | once | ||
780 | i | ||
781 | haven't | ||
782 | seen | ||
783 | one | ||
784 | since | ||
785 | my | ||
786 | friend | ||
787 | steven | ||
788 | has | ||
789 | over | ||
790 | three | ||
791 | hundred | ||
792 | pairs | ||
793 | of | ||
794 | shoes | ||
795 | he | ||
796 | tells | ||
797 | me | ||
798 | his | ||
799 | goal | ||
800 | is | ||
801 | eventually | ||
802 | to | ||
803 | obtain | ||
804 | a | ||
805 | calendar | ||
806 | of | ||
807 | shoes | ||
808 | and | ||
809 | wear | ||
810 | a | ||
811 | different | ||
812 | one | ||
813 | each | ||
814 | day | ||
815 | of | ||
816 | the | ||
817 | year | ||
818 | he | ||
819 | doesn't | ||
820 | include | ||
821 | the | ||
822 | forty | ||
823 | days | ||
824 | of | ||
825 | lent | ||
826 | however | ||
827 | he | ||
828 | goes | ||
829 | barefoot | ||
830 | those | ||
831 | forty | ||
832 | days | ||