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<p>Project Runeberg's front page section for April 2006:
<img align=right hspace=6 src="/admin/linnaeus.jpg"
width=298 height=400 alt="Carolus Linnaeus" title="Carolus Linnaeus" >
<h2>Linnaeus 1707 - 2007</h2>
<p>Swedish botanist Carl von Linné, internationally known as Carolus
Linnaeus, was born on May 23, 1707, meaning that the 300th anniversary
of his birth will be celebrated all through next year. Project
Runeberg can hardly compete with the efforts of the Linnean Society of
London, Uppsala University, or the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
But perhaps we can help to digitize and make available some works by
his disciples? This should be the time to start planing. What are
your ideas?
<p>A Swedish newspaper, <i>Upsala Nya Tidning</i>, reported that he
was actually born in 1706 and the celebration should be this year.
However, this turned out to be yet another April Fool's Day joke.
<p><b>Existing Linnaeus resources:</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.linnaeus2007.se/" >Linnæus 2007</a>, official
website for the celebration, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
<li><a href="http://www.linnean.org/" >The Linnean Society of London</a>
<li><a href="http://www.linnaeus.se/" >Svenska Linnésällskapet</a>,
the Swedish Linnaeus Society
<li><a href="http://www.linnaeus.c18.net/" >The Linaean Correspondence</a>
<li><a href="http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/" >Linné online</a>,
from Uppsala University
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus" >Carolus
Linnaeus</a>, Wikipedia article
<li><a href="/authors/linnecar.html" >Carl von Linné</a>, Nordic
Authors presented by Project Runeberg
</ul>
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<p>April Fool's Day section follows...
<a name="svhex"></a>
<h2>Projekt Runeberg introducerar hexadecimal kodning av "nationella
tecken"</h2>
<blockquote><b>April, april!</b> Nedanstående var Projekt Runebergs
<b>aprilskämt</b> 2006.
<br>Äldre aprilskämt finns arkiverade i <a
href="/admin/timeline.html" >Projekt Runebergs historik</a>.</blockquote>
<p>Experimentet att konvertera Projekt Runebergs texter till den
universella teckenstandarden Unicode har misslyckats och avbryts med
omedelbar verkan. Tanken var att utvidga dagens alfabet (inklusive de
svenska, danska och norska som har prickar, ringar och snedstreck)
till ett globalt som dessutom omfattar grekiska, arabiska, kyrilliska
(ryska), kinesiska, japanska med mera. Emellertid har webbservern
visat sig inkapabel att klara den belastning som alla dessa
skrivtecken skulle bidra till.
<p>Denna dag inleder med anledning av detta en ny epok i Projekt
Runeberg. Vi kastar in handuken och avbryter omsteget till Unicode.
Som alternativ introduceras en metod som bland programmerare torde
vara bekant under namnet hexadecimal kodning eller kort och gott
"hexkod". Varje tecken som faller utom det engelska alfabetet (A-Z)
kommer att visas som ett lika-med-tecken (=) och tvenne eller flera
siffror eller tecken A-F. Till exempel kommer den svenska a-med-ring
att visas som =E5, a-med-prickar som =E4 och o-med-prickar som =F6.
En komplett tabell kommer att finnas till hands inom kort.
<p>Inledningsvis kan detta bli en pedagogisk utmaning. Redaktionen
tror att den webbsurfande publiken och Projekt Runebergs frivilliga
medarbetare snart ska ta till sig det nya systemet. Men <i>denna</i> och
andra <b>instruktiva texter tvingas vi skriva utan de tecken som
kommer efter XYZ i alfabetet,</b> i syfte att bli begripliga. Men med
tiden kommer avskaffandet av de nationella bokst=E4verna att
k=E4nnas som en naturlig, rationell och f=F6rnuftig =E5tg=E4rd.
<p><i>Redaktionen.</i>
<a name="enhex" ></a>
<h2>Project Runeberg introduces hexadecimal encoding of "national
characters"</h2>
<blockquote>The following was Project Runeberg's <b>April Fool's Day joke</b>
for 2006.
<br>The jokes of previous years can be found in the
<a href="/admin/timeline.html" >Project Runeberg timeline</a>.</blockquote>
<p>The experiment to convert Project Runeberg's texts to the universal
character standard Unicode has failed and will be discontinued
effective immediately. The idea was to expand today's alphabets
(including the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian which use dots, rings
and slashes) to a global system which also comprises Greek, Arabic,
Cyrillic (Russian), Chinese, Japanese, and more. However, the
webserver has proven incapable of handling the heavy load that all
these characters would add.
<p>Because of this, today marks the beginning of a new era in Project
Runeberg. We are giving up on our attempted transition to Unicode.
Our alternative is the introduction of a method that computer
programmers know as hexadecimal encoding or simply "hex code". Every
letter outside of the English alphabet (A-Z) will be shown as an equal
sign (=) followed by two or more digits and letters A-F. For example,
the Swedish a-with-ring will be shown as =E5, a-with-dots as =E4, and
o-with-dots as =F6. A complete conversion table will be available
shortly.
<p>Initially the explanation might become a challenge. The editors
believe that regular visitors to our website as well as Project
Runeberg's volunteers will pick up the new system very quickly. But
instructive texts in Swedish, such as <a href="#svhex" >the
announcement above</a>, will have to be written completely without the
national Swedish letters, in order to be understood. With time it is
believed that the removal of the national characters will be seen
as a natural, rational and sound reform.
<p><i>The Editors.</i>