Re: Hang the Java programmers
No, Java programmers are not hanged, they are burned at the stake. Tony
Re: Election Manifestos
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: > Imp was crap when we started and it's also PHP based. I like PHP (/me > gets coat) but I wouldn't do a large scale application in it (especially > since I had just just done one then and hit some very large limitations) Could you elaborate on that a little? It's not too much of a danger, but I may have to persuade people that PHP isn't the right solution for a large-scale application. I know quite a few of the arguments, but it'd be nice to have some real-world examples... Tony
Re: penderel going down for a little while
On Mon, 21 May 2001, jo walsh wrote: > please wibble at me soon if this will cause you problems, or wibble at me > or alex tomorrow if there are things you feel you're missing. I don't seem to have my yacht or my large villa in Southern France. Is this your fault? Tony
Re: pc components
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Alex Gough wrote: > Simply have a habit of sending me things in a really big brown paper bag, Simply sent my HDD in a big brown box. Which was in a really big brown paper bag. Tony
Re: pc components
On Thu, 17 May 2001, AEF wrote: > later to say that it wasn't in stock (there website said it was). However, ^ Ugh! I can't believe I did that... Tony
Re: pc components
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Roger Burton West wrote: > On or about Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:57:23AM +0100, Greg McCarroll typed: > > > >Does anyone have a recommendation for an online provider of PC components, > >i'm looking for a couple of big hard drives (50Gb+). > > I've had success with DABS - just make sure the thing's in stock before > ordering. When I last ordered a HDD from Dabs, they mailed me a couple of days later to say that it wasn't in stock (there website said it was). However, ordering the same thing from http://www.simply.co.uk/ worked. I need to buy a new ATAPI CDROM drive today (my old one won't read CDRs). Is there anything choose between different models, or do I just get any old one? Tony
Re: A look over the shoulder of an XP programmer (auf deutsch)
On Wed, 16 May 2001, James Powell wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 02:27:19PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > > You've hit the fundamental problem with XP. Getting anything done requires > > two programmers to agree on something; this, as everyone knows, is impossible. > > No it isn't! You're right; it isn't. (Had to be done.) Tony
Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-04-16
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: > This is the thirteenth of hopefully many weekly summaries of the London > Perl Mongers mailing list. For the week starting 2001-04-16: > > Greg McCarroll asked about online brokers, Robert and :) Tony
Re: Mourning clothes for London.pm
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Martin Ling wrote: > Hmm. I know someone who quite fancies Anya. Mmm. Anya. Tony
Re: Grammar (was: Re: Linux.com Online Chat)
An somewhat sceptical essay I wrote on whether psychology was a science for my A' level psychology course came back with "You can argue that psychology is a science, you can't argue that it isn't" written on it. I thought that rather nicely proved my point. Tony
Re: Crazy Idea
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Paul Mison wrote: > http://www.openbritain.gov.uk/ Kewl. Is it GPL? Tony
Re: Crazy Idea
Well, it /would/ give me an excuse to buy all that cool outdoor stuff I want (yes, of course I need that 200ukp sleeping bag...) On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. I can probably be relied upon to bring a greater than strictly necessary collection of sharp edges. Tony
Re: Fruit flies like a banana
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Robin Houston wrote: > There's an interactive fruit fly on the interweb. I don't believe you. > Really! Nope. > http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm No, this is just a website. However, a real interactive fruit fly would be fun. Webcam, food and other stuff controlled by people browsing the site... bringing insect torture into the 21st century. > Antennapedia is my favourite mutation, but I expect Lucy > knows some better ones :-) You get a better class of fruit-fly in Cambridge. Tony
Re: ISO8601 [was] Re: Pointless, Badly-Written Module.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Leon Brocard wrote: > Really? How many flies do you have? One on each pair of trousers. Except track-suit bottoms. Tony
Re: ISO8601 [was] Re: Pointless, Badly-Written Module.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > Love and fruit flies, I only really want /one/ of those things... Tony
Re: Houston, we have a problem [was] Re: ISO8601 [was] Re:Pointless, Badly-Written Module.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Niklas Nordebo wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:48:42PM +, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > and for a bonus half point (cos its easy) .. why was HAL called HAL? > > It's IBM with each letter shifted once to the left. Clarke plausibly denies that he noticed this before writing it. I could tell you what it means in the book, but it's not wort typing all those long words for half-a-point. Tony
Re: ISO8601 [was] Re: Pointless, Badly-Written Module.
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Simon Wilcox wrote: > I thought I'd look this up, but the BSI want 50 quid for a copy. > > I appreciate this is how they make money to fund the standards work but it > seems a tad steep for the casual viewer such as myself. > > Anyone know of a free online resource ? Useful Summary: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html Standard: ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/g1smd/8601v03.pdf Google is Good[tm]. TOny
Re: Pointless, Badly-Written Module.
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > Which is the ISO standard (number 8601) for dates for a very good > reason. > > Dave... > [who actually prefers MMDD because it sorts numerically] ISO8601 allows MMDD too (IIRC). Tony
