Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 breaks Perl

Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 breaks Perl;

Perl breakage only occurs if you’re running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), you’re using the Perl distro baked into the OS, and you’ve updated the distro via CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), a widely-used collection of existing Perl modules.
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This would indicate that Apple’s security update reverts Mac Perl to an older IO object incompatible with newer CPAN modules. “The Security Update brings (old) IO.bundle with version 1.22 but your IO.pm has been updated to the latest 1.23 on CPAN shell. (But hey, 1.23 was released in 2006…Why do you bring that ancient version back, Apple!?),” … [1]

[1] Apple’s Mac OS X update breaks Perl (2009-Feb-18) [The Register]
[2] Apple’s Mac OS X Update Breaks Perl (2009-Feb-18) [SlashDot]

Let’s all just agree robots are cool!

“Let’s all just agree robots are cool!”

The Galvatrons – Robots are Cool

Why are robots cool?
I asked the boys: Why are robots cool?

“Robots shouldn’t be cool… but they are!” exclaims Condor.

The fact that the band’s name, The Galvatrons, was taken from the 1986 animated film Transformers might have something to do with it. For 21-year-old Johnny, the Transformers are more than just an animated series about robots in disguise. … [Youth Central]