Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

David H. Adler wrote: > The canonical phrasing (mjd in his guise as RETARDO): YOU CAN'T JUST > MAKE SHIT UP AND EXPECT THE COMPUTER TO MAGICALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN! As can be easily retrieved by telling purl to "be mjd". Cheers, Philip (That version has s/MEAN!/MEAN, RETARDO!/ , which is the wa

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:45:23AM +0100, Aaron Trevena wrote: > > > > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Approx module :) ^^ > > > > > > What does it do? > > > > It, er... parses Perl. Strictly speaking it doesn't do anything, due to not currently existing. >

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, David H. Adler wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:07:28AM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > > And I realise that my description yesterday was slightly inaccurate. > > > I said it would parse Perl approximately. A better descrip

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:07:28AM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > And I realise that my description yesterday was slightly inaccurate. > > I said it would parse Perl approximately. A better description would be > > that it parses approximate Perl. > >

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:07:28 +0100 (BST), Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > > And I realise that my description yesterday was slightly inaccurate. > > > I said it would parse Perl approximately.

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:07:28 +0100 (BST), Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > And I realise that my description yesterday was slightly inaccurate. > > I said it would parse Perl approximately. A better description > > would be that it parses

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > And I realise that my description yesterday was slightly inaccurate. > I said it would parse Perl approximately. A better description would be > that it parses approximate Perl. > Thus making the phrase 'you can't make up any old shit and expect it to wo

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:45:23 +0100 (BST), Aaron Trevena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:44:07 +0100, Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:35:33AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > > > > Would

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:44:07 +0100, Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:35:33AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > > > proposes the creation of a Pa

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:52:23AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:44:07 +0100, Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:35:33AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > > > proposes

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:44:07 +0100, Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:35:33AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Approx module :) > > What does it do?

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:37:14PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > David H. Adler wrote: > > > What, no CiP rating??? > > > > Well, there wasn't any Perl code included. But it should be pretty > > straightforward to hack the algorithm together, or mig

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:38:16 +0100 (BST), Matthew Byng-Maddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > > > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Appro

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:35:33AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Approx module :) What does it do? .robin. -- Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas!

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:38:16 +0100 (BST), Matthew Byng-Maddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Approx module :) > > You are an evil man. You know

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > Would this be an appropriate time to point out that my TPC talk > proposes the creation of a Parse::Perl::Approx module :) You are an evil man. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +44 20 8980 5714 (Home) http://colondot.net/ Wo

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:33:16 -0500, "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:37:14PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > > David H. Adler wrote: > > > What, no CiP rating??? > > > > Well, there wasn't any Perl code included. But it should be pretty > > straightforward to

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:37:14PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > David H. Adler wrote: > > What, no CiP rating??? > > Well, there wasn't any Perl code included. But it should be pretty > straightforward to hack the algorithm together, or might as well hijack the > Convert::Base32 module for the p

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

David H. Adler wrote: > What, no CiP rating??? Well, there wasn't any Perl code included. But it should be pretty straightforward to hack the algorithm together, or might as well hijack the Convert::Base32 module for the purpose. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > agreed, this is just f*cking crazy, sorry for the swearing, but this > is the craziest thing i've seen this year > I wouldnt get too carried away after all its only march :) /J\

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 01:07:44PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > agreed, this is just f*cking crazy, sorry for the swearing, but this > is the craziest thing i've seen this year What, no CiP rating??? dha -- David H. Adler - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Just Install Perl

Re: Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

At Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:39:34 +0200, Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > The other possibility, I guess, given that it's london.pm is > > to make it relate to buffy in some way :) > > That reminds me of an idea I had this morning on the way to work --

Buffycode (was Re: "That book")

Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > The other possibility, I guess, given that it's london.pm is > to make it relate to buffy in some way :) That reminds me of an idea I had this morning on the way to work -- encode text using "Buffy" with uppercase and lowercase letters: uppercase letters stand f

Re: "That book"

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:04:03PM +, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > MBM wrote: > > > > > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it > > > > > won't be. > > > > The other possibility, I guess, given that it's london.pm is to make it > > relate to buffy in some way

Re: That book

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 05:18:03PM +, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > at . I've been > > it does strike me as a bit odd that there are 4 damming reviews and one > totally glowing one .. how can that be .. ?? these are not slight > diffreneces of op

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, you wrote: > I thought that 'EasyScripts' (or, even, 'EZScripts') and I can tell you that ezscripts.org is still available the .com is a parking page and the .net doesn;t resolve. -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!

Re: "That book"

Dave Cross sent the following bits through the ether: > I thought that 'EasyScripts' (or, even, 'EZScripts') had most people's > approval. Well, if anything, we should choose a name which isn't already taken with some bad scripts. Google first, guys! Leon -- Leon Brocard...

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Natalie Ford wrote: > >How at http://london.pm.org/scripts/ > > 404... > (Who will do some HTML this weekend) Later. Mark. -- print "\n",map{my$a="\n"if(length$_>6);' 'x(36-length($_)/2)."$_\n$a"} ( Name => 'Mark Fowler',Title => 'Technology Developer'

Re: "That book"

>How at http://london.pm.org/scripts/ 404...

Re: "That book"

Dave Cross wrote: >At Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:37:51 + (GMT), Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > L. said: > > > > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > > > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script > > archive it won't be. > > > > Ideas to the usual address. > >

Re: "That book"

MBM wrote: > > > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it > > > > won't be. > > The other possibility, I guess, given that it's london.pm is to make it > relate to buffy in some way :) Or beer. Or both ;-) Lucy.

Re: "That book"

> At Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:37:51 + (GMT), Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > > > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script > > archive it won't be. Might as well mention London.pm, tho' "London.pm's Script Arcives" is

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: > > > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it > > > won't be. > > I don't think we

Re: "That book"

At Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:37:51 + (GMT), Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > L. said: > > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script > archive it won't be. > > Ideas to the usual address. > > *Please* I thought that 'EasyS

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: > > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it > > won't be. > > I don't think we tried "London.pm's Script Archive", did we? :)

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: > > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! > Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it > won't be. I don't think we tried "London.pm's Script Archive", did we? :) MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +44

Re: "That book"

L. said: > World domination is ours. Muahahaha! Not if we can't come up with a good name for not matt's script archive it won't be. Ideas to the usual address. *Please* Later. Mark. (damnit Jim, I'm a Technology Developer, not a Copywriter) -- print "\n",map{my$a="\n"if(length$_>6);' 'x(

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > Here's an extract from an email I've just got from Elizabeth Castro, > the author of "Perl & CGI for the WWW - Visual Quickstrt Guide". > She's talking about the second edition which should be out in a couple > of months. > > "I am using many of your sug

Re: "That book"

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > Here's an extract from an email I've just got from Elizabeth Castro, > the author of "Perl & CGI for the WWW - Visual Quickstrt Guide". > She's talking about the second edition which should be out in a couple > of months. > > "I am using many of your sugg

Re: That book

At 19:01 22/03/2001, you wrote: >On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 06:25:40PM +, Leon Brocard wrote: > > But we know that respectable publishers don't do that kind of thing, right? >^^ >I don't understand. I think you'll find in it the dictionary as the definitio

Re: That book

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 06:25:40PM +, Leon Brocard wrote: > But we know that respectable publishers don't do that kind of thing, right? ^^ I don't understand. -- "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers

Re: That book

At 18:25 22/03/2001, you wrote: >Robin Szemeti sent the following bits through the ether: > > > bet he got his mate to write it :) > >I noticed that. For a moment I thought it was a rigged review by the >author / his friend / the publisher. But we know that respectable >publishers don't do that ki

Re: That book

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, you wrote: > Robin Szemeti sent the following bits through the ether: > > > bet he got his mate to write it :) > > I noticed that. For a moment I thought it was a rigged review by the > author / his friend / the publisher. But we know that respectable > publishers don't do t

Re: That book

Robin Szemeti sent the following bits through the ether: > bet he got his mate to write it :) I noticed that. For a moment I thought it was a rigged review by the author / his friend / the publisher. But we know that respectable publishers don't do that kind of thing, right? Leon -- Leon Broca

RE: That book

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, you wrote: > My current target is "Open Source Linux Web Programming" by > Christopher Jones and Crew Batchelor. You can see my review of _that_ > at . I've been > exchanging emails with one of the authors, who has already a

RE: That book

Title: RE: That book Dave wrote: >Well, it's still on the Waterstones site atm, but I'd appreciate it if >you could lose it. >It's part of a kind of deal that we struck. She agreed to listen to my >suggestions if I stopped slagging her off in public :) >My

RE: That book

At Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:53:12 -, "Clarke, Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:38:48 -, "Clarke, Darren" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> What was that book that Dave criticised on Amazon about 2 months = > >> ago? > >> > >> The one where the author emailed a r

RE: That book

Title: RE: That book >At Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:38:48 -, "Clarke, Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What was that book that Dave criticised on Amazon about 2 months ago? >> >> The one where the author emailed a reply which was passed around at &

Re: That book

At Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:38:48 -, "Clarke, Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What was that book that Dave criticised on Amazon about 2 months ago? > > The one where the author emailed a reply which was passed around at > the February social meeting? It was "Perl and CGI for the World Wid