Not a misprint. Really. 
$/=q/ /;@_=split(/\n/,<DATA>);for (@_)
{$_=int((time-96)*$_/4132231);$$=substr
(scalar gmtime time,1,1);for(1..$_){$$
++}print($_>=0?substr($$,-1,1).$/:$/.$/)}

__DATA__
0.0619834710743802
0
0.0991735537190083
0.103305785123967
-0.111570247933884
0.0247933884297521
0.0785123966942149
0.0826446280991736
0.103305785123967
0.0537190082644628
0.0413223140495868
0.0950413223140496
-0.111570247933884
0.0867768595041322
0.0413223140495868
0.0950413223140496
0.0702479338842975
-0.111570247933884
0.0413223140495868
0.0867768595041322
0.0826446280991736
0.0330578512396694
0.0537190082644628

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§ George Sherston

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Re: A seasonal JAPE: A clue!!
by George_Sherston (Vicar) on Sep 07, 2001 at 13:33 UTC
    Hmm.. Perhaps this was a little too obfu, or obfu in the wrong way. In that case let me give you a wee C L U E:
    - what would you get if you ran it again on September 9th?

    § George Sherston
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      Ah, now /me gets it. But only because I happened to see a certain Meditation.

      I had never considered obfuscated output before...

      buckaduck

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Re: A seasonal JAPE
by Style (Initiate) on Sep 07, 2001 at 08:33 UTC
    Is this supposed to make sense? I studied the output for a little while, but could not understand it.

    

f r o p   w j k p d a n   l a n h   a l k y d
    There is the output above. At first, I believe it to be the typical JAPH output, but the last "word" doesn't have enough letters to be "hacker".
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      Shift each letter by 4 and you'll get

      J V S T   A N O T H E R   P E R L   E P O C H

      Which either has a typo, or is a tribute to ancient Roman carvings....

      -Blake

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        Random trivia: In latin, there is no difference between V and U. All V looking things are really U's. (Yes, Iulius Caesar (pronounced Kaizar), did say ueni, uidi, uici. (weni, wedi, weki))

        Update: Yes, premcahi21 is absolutely correct. I cannot spell.
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