Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Paul Sharpe
More on XML/XSLT/seperation of roles philosophy http://xml.apache.org/cocoon2/index.html paul Ian Brayshaw wrote: > > > > I was going to stay quiet on this one (still don't know why I am now joining > in). > > I am finding XSLT & XML to be a good alternative to normal templating > techniq

Re: Technical Meeting - 21st June

2001-06-19 Thread Redvers Davies
> Oh... er... it's only three days to the technical meeting and so far I don't > seem to have any talks for it. Err, I have to produce 3 hours of material so I don't think that the technical meeting would be the right place for it. Apart from that it isn't finished yet. If there is another tech

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Steve Purkis
res in place to prevent > it. Luckily, perl makes it rather easy to encapsulate application logic > elsewhere. Unfortunately, Perl's flexibility also makes it hard to develop procedures for ;-) > > I'd argue that embedding code in your templates is on the way out, and &g

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Mark Fowler
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > I am finding XSLT & XML to be a good alternative to normal templating > techniques. One of the biggest benifits I've found is being able to generate > the one data set and have it rendered in different ways for different > applications. I presume this is

Re: Using perl for a high performance mailer daemon ?

2001-06-19 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Philip Newton wrote: > Greg Cope wrote: > > Sorry to drag the tone back down to perl > > You could at least have done it on the proper list (you know, the one that > Jonathan Stowe said he wouldn't be closing down this afternoon). > > CC'ed to the real list. > I fixed the re

Re: Using perl for a high performance mailer daemon ?

2001-06-19 Thread Philip Newton
Greg Cope wrote: > Sorry to drag the tone back down to perl You could at least have done it on the proper list (you know, the one that Jonathan Stowe said he wouldn't be closing down this afternoon). CC'ed to the real list. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are m

Re: Using perl for a high performance mailer daemon ?

2001-06-19 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:39:32AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > Greg Cope sent the following bits through the ether: > > I want to design a mailer for sending large numbers of individual > > messages to a large list. > > You're writing a mailer in Perl. Mailers have been done before. If > you're

Re: Using perl for a high performance mailer daemon ?

2001-06-19 Thread Leon Brocard
Greg Cope sent the following bits through the ether: > I want to design a mailer for sending large numbers of individual > messages to a large list. You're writing a mailer in Perl. Mailers have been done before. If you're using a slow one, then look at other ones, such as exim. Leon -- Leon B

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Leon Brocard
Dominic Mitchell sent the following bits through the ether: > You'd be surprised how many people are willing to learn something when > it's got microsoft attached to it and big whopping books from que. Would it be entertaining for people to give small talks on the templating system of their choi

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Leon Brocard
Jonathan Stowe sent the following bits through the ether: > As a reference for this kind of thing one might ( if one can be arsed to > look at Java stuff ) to look at the way the Enhydra thingy does things in > creating classes in directories like : We don't need no stinking directories - we can

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:08:50PM +1000, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > I am finding XSLT & XML to be a good alternative to normal templating > techniques. One of the biggest benifits I've found is being able to generate > the one data set and have it rendered in different ways for different > applicat

RE: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Cross David - dcross
there > > I don't think so. Whilst you should seperate application and presentation > as much as possible, it's a recognition that you'll never be able to > *entirely* seperate them, and so seeing that you're going to have to have > *some* code mixed in with your presen

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Ian Brayshaw
I was going to stay quiet on this one (still don't know why I am now joining in). I am finding XSLT & XML to be a good alternative to normal templating techniques. One of the biggest benifits I've found is being able to generate the one data set and have it rendered in different ways for dif

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread David Cantrell
you'll never be able to *entirely* seperate them, and so seeing that you're going to have to have *some* code mixed in with your presentation, you may as well re-use an existing language instead of inventing a new one. > of course the line

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Steve Purkis
David Cantrell wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:24:13PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:54:36PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:46:25PM +0100, Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > > I'd also like to mention HTML::Mason - Euuu, No, no and t

Re: Technical Meeting - 21st June

2001-06-19 Thread Piers Cawley
Leo Lapworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:15:32PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > > Oh... er... it's only three days to the technical meeting and so far I don't > > seem to have any talks for it. > > Thursday.. what, this thursday where does the time go. > > Assuming I ca

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:11:47AM +0100, Robert Price wrote: > At 08:36 AM 6/19/01 +0100, Leo wrote: > >http://test.cuckoo.org/script_template.txt, > >the key line is: > >my $results = Emap::HolidayFinder::Tod::do_search(\%form_input,$dbh); > > [snip] > > Hope that's not copyrighted Emap code

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Robert Price
At 08:36 AM 6/19/01 +0100, Leo wrote: >Have a look at this, TT2 based solution, it's a bit >bloated (as it includes page numbering and various other >functions): > >http://test.cuckoo.org/script_template.txt, >the key line is: >my $results = Emap::HolidayFinder::Tod::do_search(\%form_input,$dbh);

Re: Technical Meeting - 21st June

2001-06-19 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:15:32PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > Oh... er... it's only three days to the technical meeting and so far I don't > seem to have any talks for it. Thursday.. what, this thursday where does the time go. Assuming I can make it (have to check something), I'll give a little

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Leo Lapworth
Philip, Have a look at this, TT2 based solution, it's a bit bloated (as it includes page numbering and various other functions): http://test.cuckoo.org/script_template.txt, the key line is: my $results = Emap::HolidayFinder::Tod::do_search(\%form_input,$dbh); This is then merged with the temp

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-19 Thread Leo Lapworth
True, DW monkey can crap anything up, but not True that H::T is better to DW edit than T::T (You can set your tags to be just as with H::T. Leo On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 05:34:44PM +0100, Struan Donald wrote: > * at 18/06 17:21 +0100 Roger Burton West said: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:36:00PM

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > It is possible to write embedded perl templates well, but a > lot more difficult than if they are separated out. How does non-embedded Perl look like, then? Is Perl the outside layer and basically does '#include "navbar.html"' at certain points? Or is HTML the outs

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:02:01AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > From: Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Who holds the distance record? dha, presumably? > > Last I heard, we had at least one subscriber currently living in Australia. > > Leon, how about a london.pm world map :) H

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:06:40PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > if dha supplies me with a list of cpan ID's and names for NY i'll > do a similar page of NY and include the % of each on both pages I'll have to go through the CPAN and see who of our group has IDs. Of course, there are all tho

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:08:06PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:24:13PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:54:36PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > > > It is NOT POSSIBLE to completely divorce presentation/application. > > > So you end up w

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:24:13PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:54:36PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:46:25PM +0100, Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > I'd also like to mention HTML::Mason - Euuu, No, no and thrice no! > > > (ok, has some nic

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread Kirrily Robert
In lists.community.perlmongers.london, you wrote: >On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: >> I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on >> the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a "complete, easy to use and >> install server/gateway

Re: Maths Problem

2001-06-18 Thread Chris Benson
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:56:59AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:29:18AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > Chris Benson wrote: > > > Mmmm, so if there are 3 water lilies with circular leaves, what > > > is the largest they can grow on the surface of a sphere without > >

Re: Maths Problem

2001-06-18 Thread Chris Benson
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:29:28AM +0100, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:01:05AM +0100, Chris Benson wrote: > >Mmmm, so if there are 3 water lilies with circular leaves, what is the > >largest they can grow on the surface of a sphere without overlap? > > Looks like evenly

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:54:36PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:46:25PM +0100, Leo Lapworth wrote: > > I'd also like to mention HTML::Mason - Euuu, No, no and thrice no! > > (ok, has some nice 'bits' but NO - thou shalt not put thy > > HTML and thy Perl in the same

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:30:24PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > >Simon Wilcox wrote: > >> I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > >> embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > > > >Why is that so evil? >

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:29:31PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: > Once I have a spare box, I'll probably give e-smith a looksie, just to see > if it can teach me anything. Well, I can tell you now, from experience that the blackcat power cycler works wonders, because I remembered (too late) that ipfw'

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On 18 Jun 2001, Steve Mynott wrote: > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Template Toolkit > > HTML::Mason > > Text::Template > > HTML::Template > > HTML::Embperl > > Also Apache::ASP > I did have this crackhead idea a week or two ago about making something that

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Richard Clamp
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:54:36PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > It is NOT POSSIBLE to completely divorce presentation/application. You're missing a word from the end of the sentence, and that's I. If you add it you're obviously wrong though... > So you end up with all sorts of languages made u

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:46:25PM +0100, Leo Lapworth wrote: > I'd also like to mention HTML::Mason - Euuu, No, no and thrice no! > (ok, has some nice 'bits' but NO - thou shalt not put thy > HTML and thy Perl in the same file). It is NOT POSSIBLE to completely divorce presentation/applicat

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on > the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a "complete, easy to use and > install server/gateway system" that "manages mail, firewalling, > file-shari

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread Neil Ford
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:56:15PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on > > the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a "complete, easy to use and > > i

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Niklas Nordebo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:11:39PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > you know that game far to well! ;-) > > Probalby. > > While we're on the subject of computer games I recently found Civilization: > Call to power on sale at HMV. Since I didn't like

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Niklas Nordebo
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:11:39PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > you know that game far to well! ;-) Probalby. While we're on the subject of computer games I recently found Civilization: Call to power on sale at HMV. Since I didn't like Civ 2 I'd been sceptical, but it was only five quid so I p

RE: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Andy Mendelsohn
oh yes, and I am still here...just very very quiet andy > -- > From: Paul Makepeace > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: early peek at a bit of fun > > On Mon, Ju

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 05:38:02PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > Paul Makepeace wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:33:11AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > > Who holds the distance record? dha, presumably? > > > > Me & Andy M. probably, living on the left coast. > > You forgot Damian (as had I

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread David Irvine
- Original Message - From: will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Government Websites > - Original Message - > From: Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Niklas Nordebo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > > However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that > > really if you have a priceless artifact that you don't want found, the > > trick is to give to a pea

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wilcox
Philip Newton wrote: > > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > > embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > > Why is that so evil? > > I'm willing to be enlightened here. > A couple of reasons. Separation of code & presen

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Niklas Nordebo
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that > really if you have a priceless artifact that you don't want found, the > trick is to give to a peasant, because no adventurer is going to go round >

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:30:24PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: >Simon Wilcox wrote: >> I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all >> embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > >Why is that so evil? > >I'm willing to be enlightened here. Separation of code a

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Leo Lapworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oi, > > Rob, > > What's this, > > Home grown (and not smokable), > > I left Emap too early if your not a TT2 convert yet. > > We can 'do lunch' later this week and I'll bash you > with some TT2 docs or something :) Oooh! Me too! -- Dave Hodgk

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 05:39:11PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:30:24PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > > I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > > > embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > >

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:30:24PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > > embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > Why is that so evil? > I'm willing to be enlightened here. Mainly maintainabil

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Philip Newton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > > embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). > > Why is that so evil? > i think it one of two schools of thought is your template a Template o

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Struan Donald
* at 18/06 17:21 +0100 Roger Burton West said: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > The main reason I prefer H::T to T::T is that H::T templates can be > given to Dreamweaver monkeys to edit without my having to worry that > they'll screw them up. That is an impo

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Simon Wilcox wrote: > I avoided HTML::Embperl, HTML::Mason & Apache::ASP because they all > embed perl into the template which is a Bad Thing (tm). Why is that so evil? I'm willing to be enlightened here. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my emplo

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: >First, are there any others that I should look at? Also I'd really like >any objective input people have about templating with these modules. It >is important to me to try and not just get the article done and dusted, >but for once

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Peterson
I like ePerl, comprised of Apache::ePerl Parse::ePerl It's a very simple does what it says on the tin way of embedding perl in any other (text) fine, plus it has low level access to what it does in it's parse routine. Handy in many situations, I find. No new versions since 1998 and none plann

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Roger Burton West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Users will say: "Ooh! Shiny!". > Poing-poing-poing! -- Merijn Broeren | Fact: GPRS does not work if the Mobile Station (your phone, Software Geek | that is) moves faster than 500 km/h. Tip: NEVER drive faster than 450 km/h if you

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I was hoping for a lovely cheap flight from London City to Amsterdam but > VLM (who I can get cheap flight from) only fly to Rotterdam :( > So? > There are flights to Amsterdam from there but they're about 120 quid :( > Will try and see if I can get c

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wilcox
Greg McCarroll wrote: > > Template Toolkit > HTML::Mason > Text::Template > HTML::Template > HTML::Embperl > Apache::ASP > First, are there any others that I should look at? Also I'd really like > any objective input people have about templating with the

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Steve Mynott
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Template Toolkit > HTML::Mason > Text::Template > HTML::Template > HTML::Embperl Also Apache::ASP searching for template on CPAN also gets quite a lot of hits... -- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Leo Lapworth
Oi, Rob, What's this, Home grown (and not smokable), I left Emap too early if your not a TT2 convert yet. We can 'do lunch' later this week and I'll bash you with some TT2 docs or something :) Leo On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:57:17PM +0100, Robert Price wrote: > It may be a good idea to co

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Robert Price
At 04:36 PM 6/18/01 +0100, Greg wrote: >In a moment of stupidity[1] I agreed to write an article for lathos on >templating solutions for Perl. This was an attempt to finally break my >writing block/issues/mindset problems. It is going to be a compare and >contrast article and so far I've looked

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Leon Brocard
Greg McCarroll sent the following bits through the ether: > In a moment of stupidity[1] Fool. There are at least 30 other Perl templating systems. See the templating systems benchmark last week on the mod_perl list for example. Perrin Harkins is presenting "Choosing a Templating System" at osco

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Leo Lapworth
Greg, I did this (just for TT2 and HTML::Template) for torrington, results (REALLY badly formatted *blushes to admit it was done in word and saved to HTML*) can be seen at: http://torrington.cuckoo.org/template_systems.shtml No (c) on it.. so feel free to hack and copy as you will. Hope it's

Re: Templating Solutions

2001-06-18 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > In a moment of stupidity[1] I agreed to write an article for lathos on > templating solutions for Perl. This was an attempt to finally break my > writing block/issues/mindset problems. It is going to be a compare and > contrast ar

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Paul Makepeace wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:33:11AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > Who holds the distance record? dha, presumably? > > Me & Andy M. probably, living on the left coast. You forgot Damian (as had I). Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my

Re: CVS

2001-06-18 Thread James O'Sullivan
You will have you run your checkout/update with the -P flag to prune any empty directories, as there is no way of completely deleting the directory. The other option is to delete the repository and check it back in again. -James On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: > I admin the project 'G

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:33:11AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > Who holds the distance record? dha, presumably? Me & Andy M. probably, living on the left coast. Paul

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 02:00:32PM +0100, Mark Hynes wrote: > On Jun 17, David Cantrell wrote: > > > david@lapdog:~$ HEAD http://www.gateway.gov.uk|grep ^Server > > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 > > > > That, and EDS and Microsoft being involved. > > Ah, so primarily blind bigotism then. No, they'

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > I play Herod in a school play once. Go figure. > > Aargh...played. Maybe I should go and imbibe some of that caffeine stuff. > For what its worth I saw nothing wrong with your original message. -- Greg McCarroll

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that > > > really if you have a priceless artifact that you don't want found, the > > > trick is to give to a peasant, because no adventurer is going to go round > > > killing e

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:11:50PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > > I must have imagined London.pm. > > Thank God! It was all a horrible, horrible dream!!! Yeah, well at least you all didn't dream about that guy with the cheese... L. "Speako."

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-18 Thread Mark Hynes
On Jun 17, David Cantrell wrote: > > Out of interest, does anyone know if it's done "in-house" or contracted out? > > (I strongly suspect the latter) > > The latter. Via EDS and Microsoft, I believe. *shudder* EDS. That explains it then! > > > This incompetence is further manifested in their c

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > > > However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that > > really if you have a priceless artifact that you don't want found, the > > trick is to give to a peasant, because no advent

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread will
- Original Message - From: Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Government Websites > Roger Burton West wrote: > > Users will say: "Ooh! Shiny!". > > You need to get some better us

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > Tangentially on-topic for this list because of skud's involvement... > > What is this 'topic' of which you speak? Something matching /^[fyreub ]+\z/i, I think. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Roger Burton West wrote: > Users will say: "Ooh! Shiny!". You need to get some better users. Cheers, philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:41:57AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: >"Users will say: I don't have Flash and don't want to download it. >Therefore, I should leave out the Flash bits of the site. Users will say: I >read that JavaScript can expose security holes, so I'll turn it off. >Therefore, I will

Re: e-smith

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > Tangentially on-topic for this list because of skud's involvement... What is this 'topic' of which you speak? > I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on > the CD. According to the blurb, e-s

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Rob Partington wrote: > "I couldn't tell, sorry. Use the map instead." Same here. But at least it got it right that penderel aka london.pm.org is in "LONDON, ENGLAND (country), UK". Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not pa

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Rob Partington
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eh-hem. Apparently my nearest five groups are Belfast, SouthWales, Glasgow, > Bathgate and Manchester. "I couldn't tell, sorry. Use the map instead." Waah, it hates me! -- rob partington % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://l

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Alex Page
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:11:50PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > I must have imagined London.pm. Thank God! It was all a horrible, horrible dream!!! Alex -- "Four pints of milk, a turkey baster and some plastic tubing, that's all you need." http://www.cpio.org/~grimoire http://www.livejourna

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:15:02AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > Simon Wistow sent the following bits through the ether: > > > There are modules out there for doing IP2LL > > http://www.astray.com/Bath.pm/near.cgi > even worked in Montreal. Fails for btinternet atm though... Eh-hem. Apparently

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:35:08AM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: > On 18/06/2001 at 09:02 +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > >Last I heard, we had at least one subscriber currently living in > >Australia. > > > >Leon, how about a london.pm world map :) > > Combine it with the (sadly mythical) IP2

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Mark Fowler
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that > really if you have a priceless artifact that you don't want found, the > trick is to give to a peasant, because no adventurer is going to go round > killing every peasant i

Re: CMS frameworks

2001-06-18 Thread Leon Brocard
Simon Wistow sent the following bits through the ether: > 'cos they're all based on the Slash code? Which isn't all that amenable > to total reskinning. Oh look, that slashcode 2.0 uses Template Toolkit... Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Softwa

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Leon Brocard
Simon Wistow sent the following bits through the ether: > There are modules out there for doing IP2LL http://www.astray.com/Bath.pm/near.cgi even worked in Montreal. Fails for btinternet atm though... Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software...

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Peter Haworth
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:58:09 +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:39:31 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > If i haven't got your CPAN id included in the list at the > > bottom please email me off list, i just skipped through > > the who's who very quickly getting a decent list of peo

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Peter Haworth
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:39:31 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > If i haven't got your CPAN id included in the list at the > bottom please email me off list, i just skipped through > the who's who very quickly getting a decent list of people > who looked london.pm-ish to test it. Please include PMH on

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Paul Mison wrote: > > On 18/06/2001 at 09:02 +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > >> (I suppose Simon Cozens had him beat while he was in Japan, but was > >> he part of London.pm then? I think he is now.) > > > >Last I heard, we had at least one subscriber currently living in > >Australia. > >

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Simon Wistow wrote: [Rotterdam] > There are flights to Amsterdam from there but they're about > 120 quid :( So take the train? Only takes an hour with the IC, and it's probably cheaper than flying on such a short distance. You can even go straight to Diemen Zuid if you're going to the conferenc

Re: CMS frameworks

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Any other offers? > > > > http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ > > Why do all these things have to look like Slashdot? It that now the > ONLY metaphor for these things. I know N

RE: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Paul Mison
On 18/06/2001 at 09:02 +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: >> (I suppose Simon Cozens had him beat while he was in Japan, but was >> he part of London.pm then? I think he is now.) > >Last I heard, we had at least one subscriber currently living in >Australia. > >Leon, how about a london.pm world m

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Leo Lapworth wrote: > 2) Oh, yea, make your designers code and your coders design, >that'll make for a good site - honest. Though if the designers have some idea of what is and what isn't possible/easy to implement, maybe we wouldn't have so many image roll-overs, blank one-pixel GIFs, table

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Piers Cawley
"Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Now imagine a big field, with a treasure chest in the middle > > of it - this is your security. > > Now, imagine the chest is buried in the field, and no-one saw me bury > it. This is my security. > > > > > However, afte

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:59:52AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > Tired of government websites that only cater for browsers with non-standard > proprietary extensions (cf . Don't jsut sit there > complaining - do something positive about it! > >

Re: early peek at a bit of fun

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: > If i haven't got your CPAN id included in the list at the > bottom please email me off list, i just skipped through > the who's who very quickly getting a decent list of people > who looked london.pm-ish to test it. But I have two modules up there at the moment ... File::

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Paul Mison wrote: > > On 15/06/2001 at 09:17 +0100, Dean wrote: > >Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over together > >or is > >the whole thing going to be ad hoc? > > Not yet, no. (Oh, and what are the cheapest flights from London City? > Living in skanky East London's got

Re: CMS frameworks

2001-06-18 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 10:33:57AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Some guys out here in Brizzle want to do "Yet Another CMS". Are there > any frameworks out there they can plug together to make something > plausible? > > I guess bits of the 2.0 slashcode do the job nicely, what with being > TT b

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Peterson
> >we can even stand outside the business lounge and wave in >at Dave Cross who will be stroking his gold plated cat and >enjoying a gimlet Is this some S&M reference? How does one enjoy a gimlet? Gouge it into the cat maybe -- Jonathan Peterson Technical Manager, Unified Ltd, 020 7383

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > Now imagine a big field, with a treasure chest in the middle > > of it - this is your security. > > Now, imagine the chest is buried in the field, and no-one saw me bury it. > This is my security. > > > > However, after

Re: (Open|Net)BSD local root exploit

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Peterson
> > Now imagine a big field, with a treasure chest in the middle > of it - this is your security. Now, imagine the chest is buried in the field, and no-one saw me bury it. This is my security. However, after playing Baldurs Gate 2 all weekend, I'm obliged to say that really

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