About/title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/main.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/home2.css"> </head> <body> <div class="hdr">Ministry of Information </div> <p class="ctr"> <a href="#words">What it is</a> | <a href="#name">Our domain name </a> | <a href="#ref">Reference</a> |<a href="#about"> About </a> </p> <hr> <div id="about"><h4> About this site</h4> <dl id="contact"> <dt>These pages <dd> were originally prepared on an <a href="imac.html">iMac</a> <dd> with simpleText, and <a href="http://www.barebones.com">BBedit Lite</a> <dd > by Darin Burleigh [ b u r l e i g h A T c h o r u s D O T n e t ] ©1998-2000. <dd> <hr> </dd> <dd>currently edited on Linux (Hardy Heron)</dd> <dd> with Eclipse, including WTP and phpEclipse </dd> </dl> </div> <h4 id="name">the Name. </h4> <p> The domain name for this site refers to the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian'>Silurian period</a>. During this time, <a href='#area'> our area </a> was a tropical ocean inhabited by giant cephalopods.</p> <p id='area'>"Our Area" is a portion of the great state of Wisconsin, former home of Les Paul and Harry Houdini. </p> <h4 id="words">What it is. </h4> <div class='ilist'> <p> Don't shake the Magic 8-Ball.</p> <p> "America's finest news source." </p> <div class="qsource"> - <a href="http://theonion.com">The Onion</a> </div> <p>"Always laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can." </p> <div class="qsource"> - <a href="../elsa/">Elsa Maxwell</a>.</div> <p> "The more you <a href="../dot/induced.html"> drive</a>, the less intelligent you are". </p> <div class="qsource"> - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/quotes">Miller</a>. (from Repo Man)</div> <p> Chemists do it <a href="http://www.webelements.com/"> periodically</a>.</p> <p> "There is more than one way to do it." <div class="qsource"> <a href="http://www.perl.com">Perl </a> motto.</div> <div class="qsource"> <a href="http://www.perl.org">Perl </a> motto.</div> <p> "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" -</p> <div class="qsource"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley"> Aleister Crowley </a></div> <p> "Don't thank me, thank Barefoot Man."</p> <div class='qsource'> DDD </div> <p> "Drink <a href="http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm"> tea </a> and plan for the future."</p> <div class="qsource"> - unofficial slogan of the Cornell Tea Club.</div> </div> <h4> <a id="ref">Reference Data</a> </h4> <p> Does anybody really know what <a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html"> time </a> it is?</p> <p><a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html"> Phases of the Moon</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.comedia.com/Hot/jargon_3.0/JARGON.HTML"> Jargon.</a> <p><a href="http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms"> Acronyms</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com"> HTML Help</a></p>  <hr class="sep"> <table class='footer'> <tr> <td > <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/home_btn.gif" border=0> <br>Home</a></td> <td > </td> <td class='f'> </td> </tr> </table>  </body> </html>