Aug 04
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Alan Pickering (via a flower a day)

Alan Pickering (via a flower a day)

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“ The resulting contemporaneous broadband spectral energy distributions of both TeV blazars are discussed in view of implications for intrinsic blazar parameter values, taking into account the gamma-ray absorption in the EBL.
— A Hard X-Ray View of Two Distant VHE Blazars
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“ It’s short, generic, hard to misspell or mispronounce, has many positive connotations, and wasn’t taken. [“Rose.”] No acronyms, no backronyms. As an aside, I considered naming my daughter, born many years after Rose::* modules hit CPAN, Rose just so I could have the following conversation. Person: “Aw, you named your modules after your daughter! How sweet!” Me: “Actually, I named my daughter after my Perl modules.” (Instant geek points++) Alas, my wife was not as enamored with the idea…
— John Siracusa (slightly adapted)
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