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From: E. Gladyshev (egladysh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-07 14:01:28
--- Gregory Colvin <gregory.colvin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Perhaps Perseus, who slew the Medusa, the
> snake-haired monster of
> "so frightful an aspect that no living thing could
> behold her without
> being turned into stone."
>
> Perseus avoid being turned to stone by clever use of
> indirection --
> he avoided looking directly at Medusa, instead
> looking only at her
> reflection in the mirror of his polished shield.
>
> http://www.online-mythology.com/perseus_medusa/
Perseus is cool.
Unfortunately it is taken on sourceforge and there are
already a lot of s/w stuff with this name.
Eugene
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