[CentralOH] 2015-06-05 道場 Scribbles 落書/惡文? list.sort() sorted(list); new style; class shells; spotshark singhs the blues?; turing test; cjkv; gcd; rosetta code; long walk

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

Python cheerleading
http://www.linuxjournal.com/rc2014?page=19
http://www.linuxjournal.com/rc2014?page=20

compare
    list.sort()
    sorted(list)

list.sort() method returns None; changes list in place
sorted(list) returns new list; does not modify argument
>>> a = ['hello', 'aardvark', 'zebra']
>>> a
['hello', 'aardvark', 'zebra']
>>> a.sort()
>>> a
['aardvark', 'hello', 'zebra']
>>> a = ['hello', 'aardvark', 'zebra']
>>> sorted(a)
['aardvark', 'hello', 'zebra']
>>> a
['hello', 'aardvark', 'zebra']
>>> 

class Foo(object): might be correct new way

Microsoft Accused of Blackmailing UK Officials Supporting Open Document Format
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Accused-of-Blackmailing-UK-Officials-Supporting-Open-Document-Format-481985.shtml
Microsoft faces claims it threatened MPs with job cuts in constituencies
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/22/microsoft-faces-claims-it-threatened-mps-with-job-cuts-in-constituencies?

3 Open Source Python Shells
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20150523032756576/PythonShells.html

wp:John Forbes Nash, Jr.
http://hackaday.com/2015/05/24/layerone-hardware-hacking-village/

spotshark.com seems dead

    SpotShark, LLC
    (410) 541-6360
    5380 Godown Rd, Columbus, OH 43235
    Mr. Herman Singh, CEO
    Traffic & Parking Consultants

turing test
wp:Ex_Machina_(film)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Richard-Stallman-Says-He-Created-GNU-Which-Is-Called-Often-Linux-482416.shtml

wp:Leonard Cohen
wp:Songs of Love and Hate
wp:Frank Zappa
wp:The Torture Never Stops (song)

eat popcorn with chopsticks
wp:Tetraphobia
wp:Thirteenth floor

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596514471.do
CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition
By Ken Lunde

wp:Han unification
wp:Mojibake

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Greatest_common_divisor
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code

N.Korean Defector Spent a Week Walking to Border
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/06/17/2015061700826.html