Re: The Conway Lecture

2001-02-20 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Module isn't the problem, it's the Lecture... :-) I've seen it, heck I even missed the first few minutes -- what's the biggie? He uses his oratory skills to make you *think* it's awfully impressive & hard (it certainly is cute). Paul

Re: The Conway Lecture

2001-02-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 05:53:36PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > "Quantum::Superpositions" > > > by Damian Conway > > > > Be sure to wrap your heads well so that when they explode you can find > > all the pieces. ;-) > > What is the big deal with

Re: The Conway Lecture

2001-02-20 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Quantum::Superpositions" > > by Damian Conway > > Be sure to wrap your heads well so that when they explode you can find > all the pieces. ;-) What is the big deal with this lecture? There isn't that much weirdness -- it's just parallelising compar

Am*zon alternatives

2001-02-20 Thread Paul Makepeace
FYI -- Books A Million.com undercuts Amazon on virtually every title I've ever checked. The only one it didn't was Di Pasquale's ultra-hardcore protein metabolism reference. http://www.bamm.com/ Paul

Re: The Conway Lecture

2001-02-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 08:24:46PM +, Dave Cross wrote: > > (please circulate this to any interested parties) > > London Perl Mongers proudly presents > > THE CONWAY LECTURE > > "Quantum::Superpositions" > by Damian Conway Be sure to wrap your heads well so that when they explode you can

Re: magic use

2001-02-20 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > so, was there a better way to do this? > I got sidetracked trying to work why pine says 'View Application Launched' then does jack-shit in the face of these attachements :) And that was after I hacked at mailcap and mime.types ... I promise I'll h

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Roger Burton West wrote: > On or about Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:26:02AM -, dcross - David Cross typed: > > >Nah. That's what it's said for the last two weeks. They haven't got round > >changing it to '24 hours' yet. > > Mine's "1 on hand", > Ooer, this is a family list yo

Sunday's emergency social meeting?

2001-02-20 Thread Roger Burton West
...is it still happening? When? Where? Roger

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Mark Fowler
> [% UNLESS office_policy_to_use_amazon %] > [% INCLUDE standard_reasons_not_to_use_amazon_text %] > [% END %] Someone tell Andy, this doesn't seem to be working. Either that or you lot felt the need to rehash it all again ;-) Didn't anyone tell you guys that perl automatically rehashes stuff

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Chris Devers
At 10:13 AM 20.2.2001 +, you wrote: >amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my >copy. Not that anyone in London cares (well ok maybe one person :), but the local tech/computery bookstore here in burlington.ma.us has had about ten copies of it in stock for a couple of

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, you wrote: > yip, i occasionally break my moral standpoint when i'm in a rush, > but my bill at amazon is now 10% of what it used to be yep me too. .. err hang on snip from last time I wrote to em: > come on! ... I placed this order on the 11th .. its the 14th today and > t

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Simon Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 10:13 20/02/2001 +, you wrote: > >amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > >copy. > > > >Michael > > Must be very popular, it's just dropped back to "On Order; is usually > dispatched within 1-2 weeks" ! Maybe they so

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:26:02AM -, dcross - David Cross typed: >Nah. That's what it's said for the last two weeks. They haven't got round >changing it to '24 hours' yet. Mine's "1 on hand", but there are other things in that order. R

RE: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread dcross - David Cross
From: Simon Wilcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2001 11:28 > At 10:13 20/02/2001 +, you wrote: > >amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > >copy. > > > >Michael > > Must be very popular, it's just dropped back to "On Order; is usually > dispatched

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Simon Wilcox
At 10:13 20/02/2001 +, you wrote: >amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my >copy. > >Michael Must be very popular, it's just dropped back to "On Order; is usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks" ! Simon

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Struan Donald
* at 20/02 11:12 - dcross - David Cross said: > From: Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 20 February 2001 11:01 > > > > * at 20/02 10:35 + Mark Fowler said: > > > Micheal claimed that: > > > > > > > amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > > > > copy. >

Re: magic use

2001-02-20 Thread Greg McCarroll
so, was there a better way to do this? * Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jo was talking on IRC today and made me think about packages. Imagine > if you will the following situation ... > > you have Country.pm which implements the general functions >with default impl

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Struan Donald
* at 20/02 12:08 + Greg McCarroll said: > * Struan Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > why did amazon have to go and do things that make you not want to buy > > books from them? it's enormously inconvenient. > > > > yip, i occasionally break my moral standpoint when i'm in a rush, > b

RE: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread dcross - David Cross
From: Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 20 February 2001 11:01 > > * at 20/02 10:35 + Mark Fowler said: > > Micheal claimed that: > > > > > amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > > > copy. > > > > Indeed they have. I've got mine now. They're also > ship

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > why did amazon have to go and do things that make you not want to buy > books from them? it's enormously inconvenient. Didn't B&N get the 1-click thing overturned anyway? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Edit

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Struan Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > why did amazon have to go and do things that make you not want to buy > books from them? it's enormously inconvenient. > yip, i occasionally break my moral standpoint when i'm in a rush, but my bill at amazon is now 10% of what it used to be i thi

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Struan Donald
* at 20/02 10:35 + Mark Fowler said: > Micheal claimed that: > > > amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > > copy. > > Indeed they have. I've got mine now. They're also shipping the mod_perl > pocket reference. mmm, pc bookshop tell me uk release not till july

Re: DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Mark Fowler
Micheal claimed that: > amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my > copy. Indeed they have. I've got mine now. They're also shipping the mod_perl pocket reference. [% UNLESS office_policy_to_use_amazon %] [% INCLUDE standard_reasons_not_to_use_amazon_text %] [% END %]

DMP

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Stevens
amazon uk have started shipping data munging with perl. I have my copy. Michael