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I just wrote my very first little program-let in Visual C++. It takes numerical input, prints it back out and then converts it to hex and octal. I had to do "Hello, world!" just on general principle, but I'm not counting that. =) Unfortunately the book I'm using seems to assume that you already know C, which I don't (explaining why I'm so proud of my silly little program). Time to go hunt down a good book for C++ for non-C programmers. I have some basic concepts from working with perl, so it's not totally unknown territory luckily.

I am SUCH a nerd. :)

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Hrm.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) 

Week of January 4, 2001

Before I went to sleep last night I asked the gods to send me
a dream that would symbolize 2001 for you Tauruses. Near
morning, I dreamt I rode a black bull into a china shop. We
rambled boldly through the aisles, uninhibitedly expressing
our exuberant vigor. A shelf bearing antique Wedgwood teapots
crashed to the floor. Vases tipped and fell. Porcelain bells
rang one last time as we toppled their cases. Then I spied a
sign on the far wall: "Holy Grail: Not 10% Off...Not 50%
Off...A Full 100% Off! Tauruses Only." Below the sign was a
silver chalice. "I guess it's free for you," I said to the
bull. He snagged it in his mouth and we strode out. Now here's
my dream interpretation: No matter where you go in 2001, be
your robust, no-apologies self. Spiritual gifts will become
 available in places where you let the chips fall where they
may.