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...futurist, however, Saffo does see an opportunity in all this to help distant generations. "For God's sake, let's go to five digits [for calendar dates in software] so we don't have a Y10K problem," he advises. Amen...
...have long been convinced that the universe must be filled with planets orbiting faraway suns. In the past couple of years, scientists have even detected such planets indirectly, by measuring the wobbles their gravity imposes on their host stars. But no one expected actually to photograph any of these distant worlds until well into the next century, when the next generation of superpowerful telescopes goes into space. Yet that's precisely what the Hubble telescope seems to have done. NASA announced last week that the space telescope has snapped what scientists believe is the first picture of a planet outside...
...irrepressible wit--could probably have boosted the mirth quotient at a clown convention. Their overflowing gifts for songcraft, harmony and instrumental excitement, their spiffy suits and nifty haircuts, their bright quips and ready smiles, made them appear almost otherworldly, as if they had just beamed down from some distant and far happier planet...
...wins against non-league opponents Virginia, B.C. and B.U. were signs of what was to come in the ensuing month. An easy 6-3 win over Pennsylvania was soon followed by victories over Columbia, Princeton and Cornell. All of a sudden, the losses during spring week seemed like distant memories, as the Crimson rolled through its league schedule and was only two wins from clinching at least a share of the title...
Still, by Friday it's all a distant memory: I've handed in my last paper. I've taken my last exam. My four-year academic adventure is, alas, complete...