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* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> >
> > look what started without my involvement on the spurs mailing list ...
>
> You sure there was *no* involvement on your part ?
>
none i have never mentioned her buf
* Steve Purkis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Come on you spurs... ;-)
>
its the big one soon steven, Spurs vs. the Arse
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ubstandard perl software. We probably *could* do
> a better job in Postscript.
>
im starting to like Java
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urk city ;-)
Greg
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* James Powell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:45:17PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > * Steve Purkis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > Come on you spurs... ;-)
> > >
> >
> > its the big one soon steven, Spurs vs. th
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> > > Come on you spurs... ;-)
> > >
> >
> > its the big one soon steven, Spurs vs. the Arse
>
> Up the Arse (www.upthearse.net - Arsenal's Premier Spurs Bashing
oh dear
ok, i forgot to cc it so ignore this reply its just mechanics
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> * David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > Next he'll be drinking Jack Daniels and smoking Marlboros.
> >
>
> actually this is something i was
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Oddly enough, I'm not subscribed to ny.pm, even though I've been in NY or the
> burbs for a month now. I may have to sub soon if they're as freakish as
> london.pm.
its a weird group, full of _merkin
* James Powell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:05:26PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > * James Powell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:45:17PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > > > * Steve Purkis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Mark Rogaski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> An entity claiming to be Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : > Oddly enough, I'm not subscribed to ny.pm, even though I've been in NY or the
> : > burbs for a month now. I may have to sub soon if they're a
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > And this distinguishes it from the london.pm list how, exactly?
> >
> > london.pm is full of northern irish people
>
> This week, so is ny.pm. So there. :-p
>
make sure you get
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 06:29:02PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > And this distinguishes it from the london.pm list how, exactly?
> > >
if we are going to have any sort of chrimbo dinner we better do it
in the coming week
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nocked upon and greeted the occupant (jacob) in a far louder way
that he might of wished on the morning after
i've got more stories about jacob, and drinking competitions and indeed
my entire university career, but they are all only available at your local
london.pm meeting ;-
ok, i have got the mantle of trip organiser to ny
the trip will be aimed at easterish 2001, i will need a rough show of numbers
initially, please email by 14th jan to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:10:42PM +0000, Greg McCarr
>
> ... All new improved Brocard, now with Template Toolkit!
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saw this bad joke today ...
what outfit do programmers wear on halloween?
a santa clause outfit
why?
Because 31 Oct is really the same as 25 Dec...
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* John Gold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> my girlfriend (she is a perl programmer) and I might like to come, would
> this be possible?
>
> many thanks,
>
> John Gold
of course, ill note your names down on my big list
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nope i really do have a big list
* John Gold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
> sarcasm I presume?
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Freitag, 15. Dezember 2000 12:48
and then do what, torch it?
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from comp.lang.functional ...
> > Programming in statically typed languages is like having
> > sex while being handcuffed. Some people think it's
> > terribly exciting (and fair play to them!), but I find it
> > rather restrictive. ;-)
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ouncement by then).
>
> Hypermail (http://www.hypermail.org/) should then be able to convert it
> to a ncie HTML archive :)
ah, but will you include this discussion as well?
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* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> > ah, but will you include this discussion as well?
>
> And will that discussion, include this discussion and will that have an
> effect on the future if I go back into the past and
can i play Jonny B.
come from the list *nudge* *nudge*.
> >
> > Hmm... you interested in contractors?
>
> The answer is NO, is many many ways. We here at Emap Online all have
> lots of free time now. Dim sum today anyone?
>
err i could do this
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. Dim sum today anyone?
>
> New World?
>
very good idea - what is the name of the street that it is off
the one with the cinema on it
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* Leon Brocard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll sent the following bits through the ether:
>
> > > New World?
> >
> > very good idea - what is the name of the street that it is off
> > the one with the cinema on it
>
> New World, China Town, 12.
* David Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > Sorry. Can't make it. :-(
>
> we didn't miss you
>
oh yes we did ...
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* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > we didn't miss you
> > >
> >
> > oh yes we did ...
> >
>
>
> He's behind you!
>
>
*looks around slowly, walking around in a full circle*
where where?
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didn't you just have a panto in the states, i seem to remember that
gore played tweedle-dee and bush played tweedle-_dumb_
;-)
Greg
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tatements can both be true ;-)
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* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 12/20/00 4:28:42 PM
>
> >On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 02:01:21PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> >>
> >> didn't you just have a panto in the stat
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> Your memory is flawed. Pantos aren't even slightly entertaining.
>
not even the comic genius jim davidson's adult one?
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* Dean S Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 20 December 2000 17:23
> Subject: Re: Donation..
>
>
> >> Your memory is flawed. Pantos aren't even slightly entertaining.
> >
> generation' of comics that does it either.
>
Rubbish, apparently he has just gone around the world meeting as many
people as he could that shared the name Jim Davidson, and he discovered
that they were all twats as well. ;-)
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just a reminder if you are interested in going on a trip to NY to see
NY.pm please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Nothing works on this Damn Tank. [1][2]
>
> [1] Name the film that spawned this quote.
guess - Stripes
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know, but he's snowboarding.
best defense - i had to look it up, but i knew exactly what
the cover of the movie looked like
stripes is a better movie ;-)
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this response from you!
>
> Do you think I can drag out "don't do it use Linux instead" for five
> minutes? :)
>
a talk about nmake vs. various free makes, and VC vs. cygnus would be
a good talk
naturally everyone should just EPOC and have done with it
Greg
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etter than stripes
i dont know - however i'm curious as to the connection, what made you
say HH?
Greg
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> mention it, I must buy a copy on DVD.
>
i must admit i'm a big fan of HH too, but then again i have rather
unusual tastes when it comes to movies
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Happy Christmas to mongers everywhere.
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isher marketting a book for Macs that was
called something like ``the book that should of came with your mac'',
i think this marketting style would work well with the CD's described
above, something like - the development kit that should of come with
your OS
Greg
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* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Happy Christmas to mongers everywhere.
>
> Tell me, have you just spammed the million and a half mailing lists you're
> on wishing everyone a Happy Christmas or should we feel especially lucky?
just this one, aren't you the
they drove a
> skiploader of money up to my door..."
at this point i'd like to say how much i like the EPOC operating system
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t take that tone with me, young lady!!
The End
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* Frontier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> - Original Message -
> From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: SPUG: ActivePerl 623
> > sounds like we cou
ar
i didn't realise BJM was released this year in the UK, i was sure it was
released in 1999 in the UK
as for Fight Club and High Fidelity, i haven't seen either yet, although
i do have Fight Club on DVD to watch sometime soon
Greg
p.s. Satan's school for girls is
27;d like to.
>
> Nope, that was 1999. Got lots of acadamy awards, too.
>
> Charlie's Angels rocks.
>
> dave, has seen it 4 times.
i've seen it twice, but only cos i was forced the second time
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od, say the chad was good![1]
military helicopter
humour directed at programmers
great sound track
Greg
[1] chad is tom greene if i recall correctly, and i just discovered he
has a series, does anyone know anything about this series?
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d 90 mins...
>
> That sounds almost... heretical.
looking at the subject line, i can imagine Dick Hardt having arranged
to have various perl mailing lists and newsgroups monitored by bots
and him getting all excited as release 623 seems to be getting some
good coverage in
gue''
i think this represents a paradigm shift for london.pm ;-)
greg
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or places i can claim are abroad
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* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> What with (probably) two YAPCs next year and (possibly) two TPCs I'm
> having to pick and choose which conferences to go to. One of the first
and lets not forget the slough line dancing convention dave ;-)
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* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 07:07:44PM +0000, Greg McCarroll
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > What with (probably) two YAPCs next year and (possibly) two TPCs I'm
&g
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
this is the list that i was subscribed to ages ago, then unsubscribed
only to suddenly start to receive it again about a week or so ago. it
turns out their list server crashed and the only backups they had were
from several months ago
/me goes and kicks off a backup after
still on MTV. Tom Green is a sick fuck, BTW. Funny, though.
ah, but i take it you mean MTV USA, not MTV Europe, personally i think
he is one of the funniest people i have ever seen - he reminds me of
robin williams before _he_ decided he could act
greg
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d
> your own CD bookshelf by subscribing to only the books you want, only
> you never get the CD :-)
>
yes you do, theres this bloke at shep. bush market
;-)
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our new years plan has come unravelled, does anyone still not have any
plans and wants to get together?
greg
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* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:35:00PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > * Benjamin Holzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > It's still on MTV. Tom Green is a sick fuck, BTW. Funny, though.
> >
> > ah, but i take
(perl mongers)
> category...
ok, for the complet(ish) sections so far i come in as ...
C W+++ R++ M++ O+++ C+ X++ WP PM++ o CO+ LCJP uBLS Ee
i'm just surprised that this hasnt been done as XML from v1 so
it would be easier to write the code2plaintext ;-)
greg
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opportunity for that drunken Paranoia game we've been promising ourselves
> > for so long. Yes, it *definitely* has to be drunken.
>
> yay, drunken millenium paranoia games! me and richardc would be up for
> that, if it's on...
>
> where, when?
>
> jo
>
i must learn to use mutt properly one of these days (even when drunk) ;-)
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>
> i vote that dave can organises it, i can host it if you like in
> the shit hole that is my flat, someone want to let the other guy
> who was new
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> > [1] chad is tom greene if i recall correctly, and i just discovered he
> > has a series, does anyone know anything about this series?
>
> yes. And he was in Road Trip. Which was my favourite
dom and then
in between the songs it will play any messages - such as detected
portscans / important incoming email / etc. then get back to the music.
I'm still cleaning it up, but i thought you guys would be interested.
I'll through up a webpage about it once It's finished with
s considered bad
> 5. Empire Records # not crap, but badly reviewed
greet scene as the guy trys and explains why he took the kitty and
gambled it in a casino
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sed image and the fact that
and why exactly do you need a high quality paused image? tony - check his
records, has he bought basic instinct recently? ;-)
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d - also skoob do some
rare tapes (in sicillian ave, next to pc bookshop)
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to have to compile a list of films
> > >
> > > > 6. Hudson Hawk. # ditto
> > >
> > > 7. UHF
> >
> > And, how can I forget
> >
> > 8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
>
> Ok. Let's be clear here.
>
; > >
> > > If we aren't I'm going to be getting pretty lonely drinking on my own...
> >
> > I'll join you. Leo said he was coming too.
>
> I'll be there too. There will be moaning about firewalls :(
>
i'm already planning my drinks, virgin marys, pints of coke and more
virgin marys
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to live :)
>
the only problem with northern ireland is my family are there, apart
from that its a great place, cheap housing, good pubs, nice people,
5~10 minute commutes, lost of spare cash as everything is so cheap
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gt; (bottom lip is quivering at the injustice of it all)
hey he get's to meet duchovv.., duch.., mulder you got to meet us,
same difference
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coz
> u r so l33t, etc
1 0wN y0u s3nD M3 y0ur w4r32 0r 1 w177 D357r9y y0u
( i have no idea what i did )
by the way sobrietary totally rules (at least for 1 month), im constantly
drinking coffee and funky glass contour bottles of coke, i have so much
energy it is not even true
-
lly want him dead, or just
> his life? :_)
>
now he didnt say he wanted him dead, he said he wanted to kill him
- thats different
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n run a 1984 style campaign but it wouldn't be paranoia rules or
even the paranoia setting
if this is ok, how about 11/1/2001, my place - however no alchohol
allowed if its here ;-)
shit i just had a good idea for thursday night, i wonder how many
cans of redbull i can drink in one night?
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* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> >
> > check beano's in croydon, they can be quite good - also skoob do some
> > rare tapes (in sicillian ave, next to pc bookshop)
> >
>
> Wow, Beano's stil
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> > next youll be saying top gun is considered bad
>
> Top Gun is a top film (no pun intended) and Quentin Tarantino is a
> jumped up little pissant wannabe with 'I wanna be a cool gang-sta but
> I
* Michael Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:49:58AM +, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> > erm.. whats the irc channel for london.pm again.
> > I spose I'll have to download bitchx as well now.
>
> irc.rhizomatic.net #london.pm
>
london.rhizo
* Michael Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 12:56:38PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > * Michael Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:49:58AM +, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> > > > erm.. whats the irc channel
bly only
> someone), for a very senior position - in the 35k+ range. (That's
> an NI salary - not sure what the equivalent London salary would be).
the equivalent for London would be (works out the house prices, COL etc)
50~55K, imho
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27;ll reserve it for them)
also i started laying out the few mp3's i have and some of the schedule
of the conference into a website tonight, so expect movement on that
front rsn,
greg
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i was just reading comp.unix.programmer and saw GREP and thought who's
talking about me,
this is all your fault!
greg
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> >
> > It smells funny
>
> I spent several minutes once trying to teach one of the staff in their
> computing section how to spell the word 'silicon'. So he could put it into
> their computer and find the book I wanted, for which I knew both title
> and
yes
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly.
>
>
> Jonathan PetersonIdeas Hub Ltd
> (t) +44 (0)20 7487 1310
> www.ideashub.com
>
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nt to look at all of the
> books on [insert random subject] and compare them.
> FB: Then you'll have to visit each publisher's section indiviudally.
> C (mutters to self): Or I could just go next door to Waterstones.
>
yes, but it does have a certain beauty to it
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be verry verry quiet, i'm hunting adlers
dha : Adlers you say, how can you spot them?
alex : well they know too much about monty python
dha : you mean things like ``the how to recognise body parts'' sketch
from series 2 took 18 takes, as palin and cleese couldn'
hread here
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ill stick more details about this here
http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net/
including a method for generating a character
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> there has been some talk, of playing a one off (ish) rpg, the night is
> probably next thursday night and the gam
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>
> ill stick more details about this here
>
> http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net/
>
http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net/np.html
i've put a basic character generation set of rules up so people can start
creating their charact
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> As always I'm looking for volunteers to speak at the meeting. If you've
> got anything really cool[1] to tell us about then please let me know.
>
i can do 20 minutes on SOAP (not 20 mins squeezed into 5) ;-)
* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> I want to see someone do a lightning talk on musical interpretations
> of common Compsci algorithms.
>
i could clean up Devel::MIDI if you really waned Piers
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ost/benefit analysis (and i'm talking about benefit to the profit sheet
not some imaginary paper money IPO value)?
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* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> From: David H. Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 05 January 2001 17:14
>
> > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 11:38:50AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > >
> > > i can do 20 minutes on SOAP (not 20 mins
gt; you???
>
hey! at least we can arrange the meeting place/date in less than a thousand
posts ;-)
-greg
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on the very
very very simple instructions listed on the site, the more likely
they are to have interesting stuff to do in the game
-greg
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* Tony Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:00:39PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > i think the real question (not specifically about h2g2) is what happened to
> > cost/benefit analysis (and i'm talking about benefit to the profit sheet
> >
/me is thinking of a new london.pm project called ``ignore the perl 6 body
and parallel to it lets create our own perl propoganda/marketting/best
practice/for the good fo the language movement''
* Paul Makepeace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:12:37PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > the only thing that gives potential for the marketing of a language is the
> > projects that are achieved using it and java has a hell of a lot more cool
> &g
has many strands within it
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* jo walsh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> how about 'Pope' because it is infallible?
>
or because it doesn't go down ;-)
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