Queries & Responses for 14 August 2005

How many km in a marathon?
Here you go. 
#!perl

my $sentence = 'A marathon is 26.2 miles.';

$sentence =~ s!                      # substitution
  \b((?:\d+)?(?:\.\d+)?)\b           # find a number
  \s+                                # followed by space
  (kilometer|mile)s?                 # "km"s or "m"s
  !                                  #   
  sprintf "%.1f %s%s",               # convert,
  $1 * ($2eq'mile'?1.609:.6214),     # "m"s, use 1.609
  ($2eq'mile'?'kilometer':'mile'),   # "km"s, use .6214
  ($1*($2eq'mile'?1.609:.6214))==1?  # the math
  '' : 's'                           # pluralize or not
  !xeg;                              # 

print $sentence, "\n";
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14 August 2005 · Ps & Qs
who buys asian mail order brides
Girls for Sale! “Buy” is the wrong word in this case. Since divorce is still the way a little over 50% of marriages go—and I think it would be 90% if everyone lived a natural lifespan—you’re really just leasing.
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How to be a pimp books.
Pimps don’t read books, motherfucker, and wouldn’t even if they could! Step off.
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14 August 2005 · how-to
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How to get out of being served a warrant.
Suicide, once again, is fool proof in this situation. Depending on what you did to get someone trying to serve you, we might just recommend it.
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