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-rw-r--r--books/Gravity's Rainbow.page158
-rw-r--r--books/Little Schemer.page6
-rw-r--r--books/Seasoned Schemer.page12
-rw-r--r--books/wanted-books.page (renamed from books/wanted books.page)30
4 files changed, 104 insertions, 102 deletions
diff --git a/books/Gravity's Rainbow.page b/books/Gravity's Rainbow.page
index 013041d..9597311 100644
--- a/books/Gravity's Rainbow.page
+++ b/books/Gravity's Rainbow.page
@@ -40,81 +40,83 @@ Rocket Limericks
----------------
*(These are interspersed on pages 305-335)*
-| There once was a thing called a V-2
-| To pilot which you did not need to-
-| You just pushed a button,
-| And it would leave nuttin'
-| But stiffs and big holes and debris, too.
-|
-| <refrain:>
-| Ja, ja, ja, ja!
-| In Prussia they never eat pussy!
-| There ain't hardly cats enough,
-| There's garbage and that's enough,
-| So waltz me around again, Russky!
-|
-| There was a young fellow named Crockett,
-| Who had an affair with a rocket.
-| If you saw them out there
-| You'd be tempted to stare,
-| But if you ain't tried it, don't knock it!
-|
-| There was a young fellow named Hector,
-| Who was fond of a launcher-erector.
-| But the squishes and pops
-| Of acute pressure drops
-| Wrecked Hector's hydraulic connector.
-|
-| There once was a fellow named Moorehead,
-| Who had an affair with a warhead.
-| His wife moved away
-| The very next day-
-| She *was* always kind of a sorehead.
-|
-| There was a technician named Urban,
-| Who had an affair with a turbine.
-| "It's much nicer," he said,
-| "Than a woman in bed,
-| And it's sure as hell cheaper than bourbon!"
-|
-| There once was a fellow named Slattery
-| Who was fond of the course-gyro battery.
-| With that 50-volt shock,
-| What was left of his cock
-| Was all slimy and sloppy and spattery.
-|
-| There was a young fellow named Pope,
-| Who plugged into an *os*-cillo-*scope*.
-| The cyclical trace
-| Of their carnal embrace
-| Had a damn nearly infinite slope.
-|
-| There was a young fellow named Yuri,
-| Fucked the nozzle right up its venturi.
-| He had woes without cease
-| From his local police,
-| And a hell of a time with the jury
-|
-| There was a young man named McGuire,
-| Who was fond of the pitch amplifier.
-| But a number of shorts
-| Left him covered with warts,
-| And set half the bedroom on fire.
-|
-| There once was a fellow named Ritter,
-| Who slept with a guidance transmitter.
-| It shriveled his cock,
-| Which fell off in his sock,
-| And made him exceedingly bitter.
-|
-| There once was a fellow named Schroeder,
-| Who buggered the vane servomotor.
-| He soon grew a prong
-| On the end of his schlong,
-| And hired himself a promoter.
-|
-| There was a young man from Decatur,
-| Who slept with a LOX generator.
-| His balls and his prick
-| Froze solid read quick,
-| And his asshole a little bit later.
+::
+
+ There once was a thing called a V-2
+ To pilot which you did not need to-
+ You just pushed a button,
+ And it would leave nuttin'
+ But stiffs and big holes and debris, too.
+
+ <refrain:>
+ Ja, ja, ja, ja!
+ In Prussia they never eat pussy!
+ There ain't hardly cats enough,
+ There's garbage and that's enough,
+ So waltz me around again, Russky!
+
+ There was a young fellow named Crockett,
+ Who had an affair with a rocket.
+ If you saw them out there
+ You'd be tempted to stare,
+ But if you ain't tried it, don't knock it!
+
+ There was a young fellow named Hector,
+ Who was fond of a launcher-erector.
+ But the squishes and pops
+ Of acute pressure drops
+ Wrecked Hector's hydraulic connector.
+
+ There once was a fellow named Moorehead,
+ Who had an affair with a warhead.
+ His wife moved away
+ The very next day-
+ She *was* always kind of a sorehead.
+
+ There was a technician named Urban,
+ Who had an affair with a turbine.
+ "It's much nicer," he said,
+ "Than a woman in bed,
+ And it's sure as hell cheaper than bourbon!"
+
+ There once was a fellow named Slattery
+ Who was fond of the course-gyro battery.
+ With that 50-volt shock,
+ What was left of his cock
+ Was all slimy and sloppy and spattery.
+
+ There was a young fellow named Pope,
+ Who plugged into an *os*-cillo-*scope*.
+ The cyclical trace
+ Of their carnal embrace
+ Had a damn nearly infinite slope.
+
+ There was a young fellow named Yuri,
+ Fucked the nozzle right up its venturi.
+ He had woes without cease
+ From his local police,
+ And a hell of a time with the jury
+
+ There was a young man named McGuire,
+ Who was fond of the pitch amplifier.
+ But a number of shorts
+ Left him covered with warts,
+ And set half the bedroom on fire.
+
+ There once was a fellow named Ritter,
+ Who slept with a guidance transmitter.
+ It shriveled his cock,
+ Which fell off in his sock,
+ And made him exceedingly bitter.
+
+ There once was a fellow named Schroeder,
+ Who buggered the vane servomotor.
+ He soon grew a prong
+ On the end of his schlong,
+ And hired himself a promoter.
+
+ There was a young man from Decatur,
+ Who slept with a LOX generator.
+ His balls and his prick
+ Froze solid read quick,
+ And his asshole a little bit later.
diff --git a/books/Little Schemer.page b/books/Little Schemer.page
index 47086b4..7490698 100644
--- a/books/Little Schemer.page
+++ b/books/Little Schemer.page
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The Little Schemer
:by: Daniel Friedman and Matthias Felleisen
:Edition: Fourth (4rth)
-See also `Scheme </k/software/scheme/>`__.
+See also `Scheme </software/scheme/>`_.
I read this book before starting on a scheme/physics project. I had programmed
in scheme previously as an algebra/analysis tool, but never really sat down
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ some more thought and I'm not sure how happy I am with the description of
collectors and continuations.
For a better description of the Y-combinator, see these `course notes
-<http://dangermouse.brynmawr.edu/cs245/ycomb_jim.html>`__.
+<http://dangermouse.brynmawr.edu/cs245/ycomb_jim.html>`_.
-This book is followed by `The Seasoned Schemer </k/books/seasonedschemer/>`__
+This book is followed by `The Seasoned Schemer <Seasoned+Schemer>`_
and The Reasoned Schemer.
Preface Definitions
diff --git a/books/Seasoned Schemer.page b/books/Seasoned Schemer.page
index 655c44c..cebbdfc 100644
--- a/books/Seasoned Schemer.page
+++ b/books/Seasoned Schemer.page
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The Seasoned Schemer
:by: Daniel Friedman and Matthias Felleisen
:Edition: First (1st)
-See also `Scheme </k/software/scheme/>`__. This book is a sequel
+See also `Scheme </software/scheme/>`_. This book is a sequel
to `The Little Schemer`_; The Reasoned Schemer is a paralel exploration of
logical programming.
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ work done in, but it's kind of like searching for anti-aliasing in digital
photos or scanning the edges of a wall for painting mistakes. Sometimes the
big picture is the whole point and it's worth putting up with small flaws.
-.. _The Little Schemer: /k/books/littleschemer/
+.. _The Little Schemer: Little+Schemer
Issues/Omissions
--------------------------
-The Y combinator function is never defined in this book, I had to copy it out of
-`The Little Schemer`_;
+The Y combinator function is never defined in this book, I had to copy it out
+of `The Little Schemer`_::
(define Y
(lambda (thing)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Also ``eqlist?``::
(else (and (eqlist? (car a) (car b)) (eqlist? (cdr a) (cdr b)))))))
MIT/GNU Scheme doesn't seem to have ``letcc`` or ``try``; I stuck with
-``call-with-current-continuation``:
+``call-with-current-continuation``::
(call-with-current-continuation (lambda (hook) ...)
; is the same as
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The Twentieth Commandment
function that is equivalent but does not forget. Then, when you use it,
remember to forget.
-**I love that last sentence!**
+*I love that last sentence!*
diff --git a/books/wanted books.page b/books/wanted-books.page
index 46143c6..6193aa5 100644
--- a/books/wanted books.page
+++ b/books/wanted-books.page
@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@ Math
(I haven't really looked in to most of these, just sound interesting)
- * `On formally undecidable propositions of Principa Mathematica and related systems`:title:, by Kurt Godel.
- * `Computability and Unsolvability`:title:, by Martin Davis.
- * `Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory`:title:, by A.I. Khinchin.
- * `Calculus of Variations with Applications to Physics and Engineering`:title:, by Robert Weinstock.
- * `Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology`:title:, by Richard Tolman.
- * `Mathematics Applied to Continuum Mechanics`:title:, by Lee Segel.
- * `Optimization Theory and Applications`:title:, by Donald Pierre.
- * `The Variational Principles of Mechanics`:title:, by Cornelius Lanczos.
- * `Tensor Analysis for Physicists`:title:, by J.A. Schonten.
- * `Investigations on the Theory of Brownian Movement`:title:, by Albert Einstein.
- * `Great Experiments in Physics`:title:, ed. by ???.
- * `Curvature and Homology`:title:, by Samuel Goldberd.
- * `The Philosophy of Mathematics`:title:, by Stephan Korner.
- * `The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli`:title:, by A. Ramelli (!).
- * `Experiments in Topology`:title:, by Stephan Barr.
+ * **On formally undecidable propositions of Principa Mathematica and related systems**, by Kurt Godel.
+ * **Computability and Unsolvability**, by Martin Davis.
+ * **Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory**, by A.I. Khinchin.
+ * **Calculus of Variations with Applications to Physics and Engineering**, by Robert Weinstock.
+ * **Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology**, by Richard Tolman.
+ * **Mathematics Applied to Continuum Mechanics**, by Lee Segel.
+ * **Optimization Theory and Applications**, by Donald Pierre.
+ * **The Variational Principles of Mechanics**, by Cornelius Lanczos.
+ * **Tensor Analysis for Physicists**, by J.A. Schonten.
+ * **Investigations on the Theory of Brownian Movement**, by Albert Einstein.
+ * **Great Experiments in Physics**, ed. by ???.
+ * **Curvature and Homology**, by Samuel Goldberd.
+ * **The Philosophy of Mathematics**, by Stephan Korner.
+ * **The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli**, by A. Ramelli (!).
+ * **Experiments in Topology**, by Stephan Barr.
Novels
-----------