RE: Some pretty pictures ...

> For some reason, that reminded me of tchrist, especially the ---^^^ Is that Northern for Jesus? -- matt | only a wardrobe away

RE: [Announce] Hackspoitation film fest

> > Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. > > The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they > regret. Well, would *you* say "no" to Steven Seagal? -- matt jones 'What you have begun in anger you shall end in shame.'

RE: Sara Cox - was Re: FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women

> >> See, I find it's in the personality. Which doesn't come > >> across too well in glossy magazine. > > > >Hmmm. I wonder how you'd go about making personality pr0n? > > Mills and Boon. Well, no, I just had this conversation offlist. I'd say that personality pr0n is an oxymoron. YMMV. -- ma

RE: Sara Cox - was Re: FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women

> I seem to recall some comic giving a rant to the effect of "Used to be > just the magazines on the top shelf, everyone knew where they were, > everyone knew what they were for. Then these FHM, Loaded, etc though - > huh? What are they, for blokes who "aren't sure" if they want to > masturbate?"

RE: Sara Cox - was Re: FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women

Dave Cross: > > > And besides, since when could you work out how sexy a > > > woman (or man) was simply by looking at a photo. > > > >Its in the eyes, Dave, its in the eyes. > > See, I find it's in the personality. Which doesn't come > across too well in glossy magazine. Hmmm. I wonder how you

RE: Some Northern Irish Fun and Games ...

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1336000/1336347. stm Oh! This has to get my Quote of the Week: "As far as it being sensual, that is not a word you would attribute to country music." -- matt so how you gonna kick it? gonna kick it root down.

RE: Some Northern Irish Fun and Games ...

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1336000/1336347. stm Maybe their reason is wrong, but banning line dancing is a worthy end, surely? We could get rid of Steps at a stroke. Except Faye, of course. -- matt so how you gonna kick it? gonna kick it root down.

RE: Politikal Disskusion

> However, for the political discussion, I think I can sum up > and point out that we oddly enough have seen to made our usual > points... Yeah, sorry about all the tired old rants I've spewqed today - 'fraid the Adams news put me in a *really* shitty mood. -- matt jones | all heart, no brains

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> > So how, pray, do I opt out of the international oil > > companies' cartel? > > use the tube and electric trains? Most power stations aren't oil fired > AFAIK. Not even then, I guess. Am I right in thinkming that many plastics are (by-)products of the refining process? So that's internal com

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> class but reducing the pupil/adult ration, I guess. -^^ Heh. I bet it was the MAFF comment which planted that one. -- matt "The (void) is that which stands right in the middle of this and That."

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> Some spokesman on the radio this morning promised to reduce > class sizes in primary schools and to recruit more secondary school > teachers. How can they achieve the former without recruiting more > teachers? I'd assume that they would recruit more Classroom Assistants. Sort of paradidacts

RE: UK programmers left-wing? was Re: BOFHs requiring license

> (have you ever > noticed how left wingers tend to be less tolerant to the fact > that their views may be wrong than right wing people?) Ah, that's because we left-wingers *are* right, and also because secretly, silently, you right-wingers know it, too. :P -- matt "The (void) is that which st

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> Are they in reality, or is it due to the current lot being in > lower birth years than the lot 4 years ago, and hence the secondary > school numbers being up now? Heh, it's pre-election statistics, so god knows what possible conne4ction to reality they may have! :) -- matt | I mean to make y

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> > the pump" lobby respond by suggesting that the government > >drop tax. Why don't they ever have a go at BP or Shell? > > You don't elect BP or Shell. Well, precisely, they're companies, so you boycott them. Which is what I thought that dump the pump was originally about; boycotting oil comp

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> Hospital waiting lists are up, No, hospital waiting lists are down. The time spent waiting to get on the wiating list is up. :) > so are class sizes in schools. No, class sizes are down in primary schools (were primaries specified on the pledge card?). Secondary school classes are level or *

RE: More politics (was Re: BOFHs requiring license)

> >Here's a pretty fundamental issue. Why do so many people > >seem to think that low taxes are good? > > Because many people think that they are better judges of how their own > money should be spent than the government (of whatever flavour) is. This is something I've always wondered about. Gi

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> Ah, yes. That's like "we're listening", isn't it, in response to the > fuel crisis? We're not going to do anything, but we're happy > to listen. That narked me about the fuel protestors. They claimed "the government aren't listening". "Listen" ne "cave in to the selfish demands of a few protes

RE: Perl training

> http://www.iterative-software.com/training/ Can you do another Perl course, please? CHOPS programming: What's in the box? This two day course is aimed at l4me to virtually pubescent Perl programmers. We aim to give students the underpinning knowledge and skills required for them to make a li

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> Just because they can't deliver those promises for those costs doesn't > mean no one else can. If they knew they couldn't deliver within those > cost constraints why did they lie and say they could? Because they are (right-wing) politicians. Just look at the absurd promisises Hague's lot are ma

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> In 1997 the UK voted against the Conservatives. The policies > being offered by the parties were close to identical. For values of conservative that are "low-tax/shitty services", IMHO. The policies may have been close, but the perception of the two parties still pointed at Labour as the party

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> I appoint Greg as my Culture Adviser and as head of the church. Any > volunteers for my other minions? Even if you don't want a cabinet > post, please feel free to volunteer as a Henchman. You'll get 25 days > holiday a year, a nice uniform and a free Hench. Minister for Perilous Boogiedowns

RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

> >I genuinely believe that the > >public are sick of watching the NHS, education system etc > >wasting away on a starvation diet and would be willing to pay > >a bit of extra tax to make sure that their kids can get schooled > >and that their sick can be healed. > > When have they ever been ask

Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

Robert Shiels: > Over the next 4 years, Labour > will fail to deliver their promises yet again, and the > country will swing back to the party of low taxes, who will > be re-elected in 2006. Part of the reason why they haven't delivered the promises that I think are important (decent public serv

RE: see attachment

> Or some kind of bizzaro martial arts fest pitching the Heretics > against the True London.pm'ers (tm)... Mikarru: I have you now, Davukiros! My Dark Heretics will overwhelm you! Davukiros: Never! (performs complicated air kungfu) Sliced camel stomp feet! Hands in twelve Golden Cat Claws! (en

RE: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-07

http://www.unixbeard.net/~richardc/Photos/2001-04-30/2001-04-30.14:42:51.jpe g heh: http://www.snurfer.org/sands/gfx/vertigo.jpg Did your palms sweat too, richard? -- matt | CHOPS

RE: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))

Dave Cross: > You sound like the kind of person > who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival Or, indeed, the Holmfirth Folk Festival: on this weekend for all your real ale, finger-in-ear, set-in-summer-wine-country needs http://www.riceholm.demon.co.uk/ -- matt | CHOPS

sing if you're happy that way

Wisty - next T-shirt please: use strict is gay Heh. On the back "-w is jolly"? -- matt | right hemisphere, wrong planet

RE: JOB: Another one (Banking)

> How can you inadvertently hack ? "I'll just quickly knock a little something together to do task X ... hmmm, actually, wouldn't it be cool if it could also do task Y, just for convenience sake ... hmm, that works, but I'm sure it could work stronger/faster/better than before ... " And so on un

RE: Ummm... Perl not professional??

> I certainly don't consider myself "professional", even though I > try to ply my trade in what I believe to be a "professional" manner. "I'm not a professional, I'm a gifted amateur." The source of that escapes for the moment. -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be needing any packets today

sheik your booty

> Elect is a harsh term here. The man was appointed, crowned if > you will. Not unlike youre queen, from what I can tell, though I've to > date never seen her described as a bumbling idiot. Maybe the BBC keeps > that quiet? Heh, have you never *seen* "our" royal family in action? It's not jus

RE: Silly postings

Hm. Looking over this you might not want to read it if you're eating or anything. > I reserve judgement until I've had a NY pizza and a NY > coffee. However, I expect neither to be up to the standards > I expect :-) You have to beat Roma* to be acceptable. I've had a NY pizza and it was certa

RE: Grammar (was: Re: Linux.com Online Chat)

> > > Wrong. There was a concerted effort by the loony left to destroy > decent education in favour of whatever trendy piffle that was the > order of the day. Oy! That's my family (lefty teachers) you're talking about! I went through the state comprehensive system and was never touched by thes

RE: Grammar (was: Re: Linux.com Online Chat)

> I was at school from up to 1995 and grammer, hand writing and > similar were only lightly touched upon. IT was another subject that we > never actually did (other than read about spreadsheets leading to my > adult hatred of Excel) and as far as I'm aware none of my friends of > the same age di

RE: Grammar (was: Re: Linux.com Online Chat)

> True. Shouldn't we also need to include "should'nt" (etc.) > here as well? . These are trivially simple rules to teach/learn > - so why they aren't taught (or possibly aren't learnt) says something > about the education system and the attitude of the pupils therein. I don't know which educatio

RE: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-03-19

> According to , I'm > right. New Faces was first, then The Fosters and Tiswas and > only later, The Black & White Minstrel Show. Aye, fair play. I must admit that yoiur trick question got me and for some reason I added "on a regular basis" to the

RE: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-03-19

> > Ironically for "right-on" Lenny, it was The Black And White > > Minstrel Show. > > Hmm... now you've gone and made me doubt myself. I thought it was > New Faces. http://homepages.go.com/~chefjunkie/Lennysnotlaughing.html http://ayup.co.uk/gods/gods0-4.html Search for "Minstrel". Okay, so

RE: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-03-19

> For even more points: What was the first TV show the Lenny Henry > appeared on? Ironically for "right-on" Lenny, it was The Black And White Minstrel Show. Ph3@r my Lenny Henry trivia skills! -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be needing any packets today? hey, baby, don't be pulling on my

RE: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-03-19

> Trevor McDoughnut is/was a Lenny Henry character - so it was > probably Three of a Kind (remember that?), or another programme > with Lenny H. in it. Tiswas. T McD was on Tiswas. I remember, becasue Trevor McDonald turned up and gave Lenny a pie in the face for his troubles. -- matt "'scuse

RE: Perl Training Courses

> > I'm interested if there are courses on offer. There's only > > so much you can do with just yourself and a pile of O'Reilly books. > > The mind boggles ;) No, not the *mind*! ;) Oh, I forgot to mention the Prairie Squid (de-beaked, of course). -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be nee

RE: Perl Training Courses

> > I'm interested if there are courses on offer. There's only so much > > you can do with just yourself and a pile of O'Reilly books. > > I'd love to help, but we're not in a position to offer public courses > yet - the cost of hiring rooms and PCs is too prohibitive. Who said anything about d

RE: Perl Training Courses

> What do you need? If you can get three or four people interested in > doing the same course and can supply a suitable room, then Iterative > would be only too happy to help you out. I'm interested if there are courses on offer. There's only so much you can do with just yourself and a pile of O'

RE: Matt's Scripts Projects

> Not neccesary from a techical point of view. Neccesary from a social > point of view (What's this extension! I don't understand! > What's going on! Excewpt that windows machines tend not to even show the extension by default, and so the file will just have a little WinZip icon[0], which m

RE: New Perl Stuff From O'Reilly

> As a Perl novice I'd have to say the old version looks much better. > Just replacing Programming Perl would have been enough. As another person at an early stage in my Perl self-development, I'll second this, and add that I'd like to add the Owl book on regexps, although I suppose that's not s

RE: Strange Request

> do you exclude this script from the archive on the basis that it > uses TT? > > this question defines the archive of scripts a little. is the > collection of scripts specifically aimed at the lowest commond > denominator and tackling the MW problem directly, or is that > just its core mission,

RE: Greetings

> > > Cordelia > > Airhead > > Arrogant, too. IMO. Being a 8uffy refusenik, I'm a little confused by this conversation. Do you think there might be any websites about 8uffy of Sarah Michelle Gellar out there that I can trawl for info? I know it's a long shot. Hem. :) -- matt jones '

RE: t-shirts

> The image of a necklace made out of letters "p", "e", "r", > "l" comes to mind. How early 90s. Oo! Handbag! Heh, musta missed that one, sorry chums. I just thought it was a nice Stone Roses reference. -- matt jones

RE: t-shirts

> We've been talking about t-shirts on irc, and I think we should try > to get some ideas together[1]. How about one with perlperlperlperlperl printed around the neck area in a circle? You see where I'm going on this one? -- matt jones

RE: previous jobs

>so who else has had cool non-IT jobs in the past? I walways had crappy non-IT jobs. The absolute worst was when I went to work in a plastics factory. As new boy, it fell to me to make sure that all the waste plastic was disposed of as efficiently as possible. Translated, that meant dragging sa

RE: the list

>It's oh so quiet. > >After recent activity this is somewhat disconcerting. OK, just in the interests of making traffic, then, here's a picture of me as a baby: http://website.lineone.net/~vineleaf/sands/gfx/mattjones.jpg You see, you have ot get your priorities right at an early age. -- matt

RE: Video Tips

>Not at all... I've always found tlog so boring and crap >I wouldn't ever have bought the CD... What do people >find so funny about it? Nobody likes it unless they've seen it from the start. It's essential that you see the first one as it establishes an only slightly weird groundstate and is (IM

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

>just think of the sitcom possibilities if i lived above you >Dave? heh? heh? ;-) ;-) THE LEAGUE OF CAMELMEN Dave is sitting in his living room, leafing through his back issues of "Canned Food and Preserved Rations Monthly". There is a knock at the door. Dave sighs, gets up and removes the lead

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

>> the minute i cross the river, i can feel grimness coming upon me > >And they all talk funny. North of the river they're all called Hamish >and Angus, and they wear flat caps and have whippets. Eeeh, lad, 'appen tha's f'gottent' pigeon-fancying[1] and breakfasts consisting entirely of clotted

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

>Speaking from a personal standpoint, I really enjoy the >technical meetings and think more of them would be really beneficial[2]. >I think they represent a lot of what we are us to and show that we're >all not just talk 'n booze. Hence I'm anxious to see them succeed. I'd like to be able to

RE: Feelers for London Open Source Convention

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:03:52AM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: > > The fact you are recording is "What Billboard said was number one". *That* > > is a fact. Why they decided it was number one isn't the issue. > How about if I put up a website wherein I disclose the fact: "This is what > the object c

RE: PIMB T-shirts

[ hash bang perl ] >(i'll have an XXL simon) I'll have a medium, Simon. Cripes, just remembered, I owe paulm UKP10 for the PIMB one! Next time I see you, paul. How about some Tees with some of that thar Perl poetry that some of you Real Programmers write? Hm? -- matt I blame the drugs

RE: Access Control Lists and Functions

>In my case, Japanese was very much the latter. I have deep respect >for anyone who can master it. The only Japanese I know: "Anata no zubon wa taihen kirena desu!" Not many applications. -- matt "What? I don't speak your crazy moon-language."

RE: German Perl Workshop

Grep: >is Edinburgh foreign? ;-) Well, when we declare the independence of the PRoWY, you'll be welcome up for some of our dirt cheap, CAMRA-approved ale. You could even nominate someone to be first against the wall. All the *.pm groups up here have Marie-Celeste websites. Has there been a pogr

RE: Fwd: SPUG: ActivePerl 623

>>Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? > >I dunno. Plot? Here's my idea of a good plot: Wang Hoo: "Eight Castle-Smasher Fists! Feet on Seven Stars!" (sticks rigidly to form) Tsing Wa: "Left Hand Buddha Palm! Right Hand Buddha Fist!" (also sticks rigidly to form) A fight

RE: new years eve

>This could be the ideal >opportunity for that drunken Paranoia game we've been promising ourselves >for so long. Yes, it *definitely* has to be drunken. It's been literally years since I played paranoia! It's by far the best RPG *ever*. It neatly sidesteps the whole "take the whole thing too se

RE: Fwd: SPUG: ActivePerl 623

>> my vote the one, the only ... Charlie's Angels > >That was a fun film and entertaining but I need more that kung fu and breasts >to make a good 90 mins... Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? "Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" is best film of 2000 for my money. Breasts a