Dear All
Sorry to drag the tone back down to perl, but, I've a question that is
ripe for the lists collective expertise.
I want to design a mailer for sending large numbers of individual
messages to a large list. This is for a client whom manages companies
customers CRM lists. This is more of
Dear All
This is not perl related, but I hope to tap your collective knowledge.
I'm involved with taking on a project started (and nearly finished) by
an Agency writen mostly in PHP and Delphi. No statements that I'm
already in trouble - thanks.
I have no DB schema, and as such could dump the S
Robin Szemeti wrote:
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > Where do you live?
> >
> > DJ Adams recommended Menzies (www.menzies.co.uk) to me, and I went to see
> > them last night for the first time. They are going to set up my new company
> > for me too. They like IT contractors, and the partn
jo walsh wrote:
>
> i'm about to upgrade state51's production server's perl and mod_perl to
> 5.6, and it occurs to me that 5.6.1 might be due out RSN.
>
> question is, will i have to rebuild modules built for 5.6 so they'll work
> with 5.6.1?
> if i had to rebuild modules, i'd try to justify wa
Philip Newton wrote:
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> Greg Cope wrote:
> > I once read a report (18 months ago) where the same projects
> > where given to lots of programmers, the usualy results were
> > show i.e algorythm design was the most important factor,
> > although on the whole scri
James Powell wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:59:35AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 08:56:36AM +0100, James Powell wrote:
> > > Course, mysql does support transactions now... I believe with two
> > > different types of table for some reason.
> >
> > It's because
Robin Szemeti wrote:
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> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:10:00PM +0100, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> > > Plain and simply I don't think java is the right technology for
> > > e-commerce, plain and simple.
>
>
> no .. it _does_ have its strong points .. I wouldn't have e
Robin Szemeti wrote:
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> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:23:01PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> > >
> > > I concur. There is simply too much of the important stuff missing from
> > > Java to make it useable for web content delivery as far as I can tell.
> > >
> > >
Robin Houston wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:59:40PM +, Greg Cope wrote:
> > I was thinking about this the otherday - can you recommend some (pref
> > open source) Java regex libs ?
>
> OROMatcher.
> http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/index.html
>
> There
Robin Houston wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:23:01PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> >
> > I concur. There is simply too much of the important stuff missing from
> > Java to make it useable for web content delivery as far as I can tell.
> >
> > I just couldn't do half of what I do without r
alex wrote:
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> unless anyone has any arguments, i'll buy a fast, reliable largish hard
> drive and lots of memory (i understand it's cheap at the moment) for
> penderel (the computer) this week.
>
> i'd like to do it via dabs.com, because their interface is useable and
> i've not personally had
Philip Newton wrote:
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> Greg Cope wrote:
> > I know this is best asked elsewhere but
> >
> > I'm looking at perl-5.6.1-TRAIL2 as I am thinking of moving
> > to this for some production platforms (or 5.6.1 when that
> > comes out)
> >
>
Dear All
I know this is best asked elsewhere but
I'm looking at perl-5.6.1-TRAIL2 as I am thinking of moving to this for
some production platforms (or 5.6.1 when that comes out)
Is anyone using any funky optimizations for the CFLAGS beyond
-Doptimize=-O3 -march=pentiumpro ?
This is for Li
Dear All
An old client I used to contract for needs a permie web developer -
London, W2 based.
This role has nothing to do with me, and I am not an agent, just
spreading the word for an old client - I thought the people here may be
interested. i.e if it all goes pear shaped don't come running
Neil Ford wrote:
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> >Neil Ford wrote:
> >>
> >> >(please circulate this to any interested parties)
> >> >
> >> Forwarded to the UK FreeBSD User Group and the Brighton Linux User Group.
> >
> >Brighton LUG - Where ?
> >
> http://www.brighton.lug.org.uk
>
> It's a fairly dorment group but it d
Neil Ford wrote:
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> >(please circulate this to any interested parties)
> >
> Forwarded to the UK FreeBSD User Group and the Brighton Linux User Group.
Brighton LUG - Where ?
Greg
>
> Neil.
> --
> Neil C. Ford
> Yet Another Computer Solutions Company
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> Anyone have an opinion on VA?
VA as in the Linux Server / PC company ?
If so, I've used some of there kit - which appears very nice. The
default install is quite good, and the machines look to have been put
together well.
Software / install support was good - i.e ap
Dean S Wilson wrote:
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> I've seen lots of Content management systems get shredded and left on
> the floor of this list and I'm after opinions from anyone whos used
> Midgard, basically is it any good? (http://www.midgard-project.org)
php - nasty
Have you looked at openinteract (.org) ? A
Aaron Trevena wrote:
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> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
> > No, there wasn't even something I could buy for it sadly. It's a simple
> > CGI, I would have paid $15 for a quickie 'here's your simple cgi just plug
> > in your variables here' code.
>
> Been there - more often than no
Dave Cross wrote:
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> At Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:27:25 +, Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
> > Does MT have a special T shirt vendor ?
> >
> > Yesterdays was a monopoply joke that I did not get
>
> I think it was a comment on the proje
Dave Cross wrote:
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> (Even more off-topic than usual)
>
> I've got four tickets for the filming of the Mark Thomas Product this
> Sunday. It's filmed in the pub at the end of my road, but I don't think
> I'll be around in time to go. You'd need to be in the pub for about
> 7:15pm to get decent
Redvers Davies wrote:
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> > Stop IT ... I am not using slackware !
>
> Ans why not?? For a server it is perfect. Very small, very compact.
> Perfect for a secure environment.
Only joking - I'm used to redhat - I might move to Debian who knows
?
I am quite happy with redhat / debian as I
Redvers Davies wrote:
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> > Would this still hold for a RedDrat system with all the X stuff and
> > other unncessary stuff removed ?
>
> Nah, ou want slackware A, N and D... No more. 10 meg for your base
> OS, compile what you need.
Stop IT ... I am not using slackware !
Greg
Michael Stevens wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:35:45AM +, Steve Mynott wrote:
> > I suspect things like SMP probably still work better. And if I were
> > on call supporting a server I would probably still trust a Sparc
> > running Solaris over some dodgy PC desktop with Redhat stuck o
Steve Mynott wrote:
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> Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [..]
>
> > How in gods name do Sun get away with charging so much for stuff?
>
> Because they can and they have a brand people trust like IBM or
> Microsoft. In fact you can buy far cheaper Sun clones from companies
> lik
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > (Sadly I no longer have shell access to any four-processor Sun
> > machines to confirm this.)
>
> Which reminds me.
>
> How in gods name do Sun get away with charging so much for stuff?
> We've erm, "acquired" an enterp
Dear All
All the posts about XP and a Slashdot article about it got me thinking
and I have a generic question for the virtual floor.
Does Anyone know of any good perl test tutorials - i.e how to make
various test suites for a perl modules "make test" target ?
I've seen the Test::Harness stuff -
Neil Ford wrote:
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> >
> >The "A-Team" - scenario is one in which a team goes in to rescue a failing
> >project, or go in and retune/redesign an existing project that works but has
> >become a victim of its own success. Think of this work as bespoke
> >enhancements.
> >
> That just has me conjer
Greg McCarroll wrote:
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> * Greg Cope ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Andrew Bowman wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Nathan Torkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Timing in London is hard, because there aren't very many hotels
> > &
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
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> > > If you're prepared to consider locations a little out of
> > central London
> > > there are lots of large hotels around Heathrow that have
> > sizeable conference
> > > type facilities (also handy for the airport!).
> >
> > FWIW, I know my mother has booked some l
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The Beach.
>
> For some values of beach not including sand.
>
Don't start that argument.
I spend many an hour - recently opcodes clicked whilst on the beach -
and watching
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
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> On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
>
> > > > If you're prepared to consider locations a little out of
> > > central London
> > > > there are lots of large hotels around Heathrow that have
> > > sizeable conference
> > > > type facilities (also handy for the a
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> Michael Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 01:33:09PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > > * Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > > No, I'm not going to code a forum package by hand.
> > > go on dave, it cant be that hard
>
Andrew Bowman wrote:
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> From: "Nathan Torkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Timing in London is hard, because there aren't very many hotels
> > capable of supporting such an event. It's quite amazing to us, in
> > fact, how difficult it has been to find a place to hold it in London.
>
> What sor
Robin Szemeti wrote:
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> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, you wrote:
>
> > I don't see why you can't have a mix - it would be good to have a core
> > group of people who always (nearl) work in the office so that if you
> > usually work from home but need some face 2 face there will be people
> > there (or i
Piers Cawley wrote:
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> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > David Cantrell wrote:
> > >
> >
> > That should read there's too many distractions at home for me (or
> > you as the case may be).
> >
> > I am about 150% m
David Cantrell wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 05:04:54PM +, Piers Cawley wrote:
>
> > I'm *really* unsure about telecommuting. Seems to me that the way to
> > really build a team (especially when doing serious development) is to
> > have people in the same room;
>
> Plus there's too man
Piers Cawley wrote:
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> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Piers Cawley wrote:
> > >
> > > Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > Andy Wardley wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On
Piers Cawley wrote:
>
> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Andy Wardley wrote:
> > >
> > > On Jan 18, 4:28pm, Leo Lapworth wrote:
> > > > Ok, it's all a pipedream.. but what a nice one.
> > >
> > > It sounds
Andy Wardley wrote:
>
> On Jan 18, 4:28pm, Leo Lapworth wrote:
> > Ok, it's all a pipedream.. but what a nice one.
>
> It sounds like an excellent idea. In fact, I've even got as far as
> writing a (fledgling) business plan for such a venture based around
> Template Toolkit-ish web development
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
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> Got this through the email. Where do Perl people fit in?
>
> Unix person: So then he tried to su to chroot, but of course the crontab
> wasn't even mounted because there were four spaces instead of a tab in the
> getty sed awk ^] sh ksh zsh >> << | and that's why we
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> > >
> > > "Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like
Robin Szemeti wrote:
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote:
>
> > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad
> > idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters. You just don't write good
> > code at 2 in the morning, and end up spending just as much time untangling
> > it
Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
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> "Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like high water tables,
> > vicious weather and earthquakes. The smart money goes on hosting in Texas
> > (San Antonio) not California though -- relatively
> > earthquak
David Cantrell wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:18PM +, Greg Cope wrote:
>
> > What about a bed / kip room and of course a play room - and I do not
> > mean some 70's swingers thing - a P2, etc ...
>
> Having something to crash on when pulling an a
Greg McCarroll wrote:
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> * Greg Cope ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Leo Lapworth wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Location
> > > A big pub in central London.
> > > Top floors: development
> > > G
Leo Lapworth wrote:
>
>
> Location
> A big pub in central London.
> Top floors: development
> Ground floor Pub: with comedy stand and terminal points for laptops
> Basement: disco / conference room, big flat screens etc..
What about a bed / kip room and of course
Andy Wardley wrote:
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> On Jan 12, 3:57pm, Greg Cope wrote:
> > Is such a thing as Apache::Template being done or is it a pipedream [TM]
>
> No, it's real, just not officially finished or released. Someone sent
> me some new code for it which I'll be intergrat
David Hodgkinson wrote:
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> David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > > The Mod Perl Evangelist Site - Dave Hodge..
>
> No. I'm writing a poor man's intro to stapling the TT into a mod_perl
> handler that will be superceded by Apache::Template when Andy
Roger Burton West wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:11:45PM +, Peter Corlett wrote:
>
> >Mmph, it's not that hard to install Majordomo is it? If need be, just give
> >me the root password and I'll go and set it up...
>
> ...and once you've installed Majordomo, _everyone_ has the root
>
Dave Cross wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 05:22:07PM +, Greg McCarroll
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > Your memory is flawed. Pantos aren't even slightly entertaining.
> > >
> >
> > not even the comic genius jim davidson's adult one?
>
jo walsh wrote:
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> desperately seeking open-source, perl ecommerce application.
>
> so far we are looking at:
>
> AllCommerce - http://www.zelerate.org (formerly OpenSales), which at a
> brief glance looks fairly complex and inflexible...
>
> InterChange (formerly MiniVend) http://developer.a
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