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Hello World! the computer-era version of 'Testing-testing!'
ello World! is a standardized minimum computer program, intended eg as an example for beginners, or as a comparison of different programming languages, for advanced users. Hello World! is an icon of computer culture, with significance beyond its utility or pedagogy roles. in C: #include int main() { printf(“Hello, world!\n”); }
Continental Divide of North America determined by watersheds, Divides need not be mountainous
ontinental Divide watersheds of North America center on a dramatic mountain range that parts the West & East watersheds in a sharp north-south line. It is also a formidable physical barrier, or divide. Furthermore, the mountains that form this line rise sharply from the prairie lands that occupy the center of the continent. Approached from …
Cox Valley Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park
Cox Valley Trail [ref]For search-purposes: Park, literature may use the term “Cox Valley Primitive Trail”.[/ref] is a short (1.8 mi), deadend path set in the subalpine high-country of north-central . It is road-accessible, in summer. The is a small, undeveloped pullout located about 0.6 miles down the rudimentary , which begins near the north end …
Logging road access to Olympic Wilderness Coast
The Olympic National Park has strips of land along the Pacific coast, separate from the main body of the Park. These coast-strips are quite narrow, mostly just a mile or few wide. But we don’t notice that they’re skinny, since we’re on routes that hug the beaches. There are only a small number of official, …
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Convulsion Canyon, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park dramatic scene & events on the Elwha River
onvulsion Canyon is now an informal or ‘cultural’ name for a notable stretch or spot along the , in the . It is immediately upstream of the popular and day-use areas, and is the bottom end of the Elwha’s . The steel suspension cable is strung between the cliffs at this spot, allowing the hiker …
Rica Canyon, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park the Elwha River between Hurricane Hill and Mt Fitzhenry
ica Canyon is cut by the through an elevated bedrock formation between the southwest base of on the river’s right bank, and east flank of on the left bank. It is incised mainly through sandstone and shale. It is crowded hard up against the steep convex base of Hurricane (which can be examined at ), …
Lake Mills, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park the upper former Elwha River reservoir
ake Mills was a more popular and better recreational venue than the more readily-accessible lower reservoir on the (), even though it was farther & slower to get to. And Mills had more regulations and restrictions, because it was within , while the lower lake & dam were entirely outside the Park, and in legal …
Iron Age advantage an early case of the viral spread of technology
The spread of and during the could have led to a much more widespread familiarity with technology among the general population, than had been the case during the preceding . Although mining of ore and production of iron products was often under the purview of powerful business entities and state authorities, iron can also be …
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Long Ridge Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park best view in interior Olympic National Park
ong Ridge Trail takes about 14 miles to ascend , from the . Dodger hosted the old Forest Service fire lookout, before this country was . Virtually the entirety of the interior valley is in view; along with eastern and southern peaks of the , and much of the to the west. Unlike most trails …
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