Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-07 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:25:17AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > I didn't get where I am today by saying 'earwig' instead of 'thank you' > > Might it've helped? hmm .. .. good point ... perhaps I'll give it a go. ;) [except ... earwigs, whils

Re: Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet)

2001-06-07 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 11:10:48AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > From: "Dominic Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:09AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > > > Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR looking for a new > PDA. > > > Sony Clie is my preferred choice

Re: Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet)

2001-06-07 Thread Robert Shiels
From: "Dominic Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 07 June 2001 10:44 Subject: Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet) > On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:09AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > > Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR

Re: Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet)

2001-06-07 Thread Tony Kennick
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:59:32 +0100 Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/06/2001 at 10:45 +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > > >Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR looking for a new PDA. > >Sony Clie is my preferred choice at the moment. If anyone knows a good > >shop, > >or i

Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet)

2001-06-07 Thread Paul Mison
On 07/06/2001 at 10:45 +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: >Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR looking for a new PDA. >Sony Clie is my preferred choice at the moment. If anyone knows a good >shop, >or is good at haggling and wants to help, I'm on 07801 814138. When this came up on IRC I

Re: Social meet

2001-06-07 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
"Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > i'm 07957 386 815 > > > > i'm also going to be free this afternoon after about 2 ish (ill > > switch the phone on then) so if anyone wants to meet up before > > the meeting give me a bell > > B

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-07 Thread Alex Page
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:46:39AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I presume that this is a permie thing? > Yes. And I'd estimate that _most_ of you I know would be, um, a bit > too "heavyweight" for them... Heh, same that even a wonder-newbie like m

Re: Social meet

2001-06-07 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Robert Shiels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > i'm 07957 386 815 > > > > i'm also going to be free this afternoon after about 2 ish (ill > > switch the phone on then) so if anyone wants to meet up before > > the meeting give me a bell > > Bet

Sony Clie (was: Re: Social meet)

2001-06-07 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:09AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR looking for a new PDA. > Sony Clie is my preferred choice at the moment. If anyone knows a good shop, > or is good at haggling and wants to help, I'm on 07801 814138. Has anybody g

Re: Social meet

2001-06-07 Thread Robert Shiels
From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > i'm 07957 386 815 > > i'm also going to be free this afternoon after about 2 ish (ill > switch the phone on then) so if anyone wants to meet up before > the meeting give me a bell Between 5 and 6pm I'll be wandering up and down TCR looking for a

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-07 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:25:17AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > I didn't get where I am today by saying 'earwig' instead of 'thank you' Might it've helped? P

Re: Social meet

2001-06-07 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Oki, assuming I don't get stranded in rush hour traffic (I'm only > ickle), can find my way to the the PO (I used to do orienteering) > and can recognise you lot, I shall see you tomorrow. Tho' if > anyone going has a mobile I'd appreciate the numb

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-07 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Robert Shiels wrote: > From: "Robin Szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >whether there were any Masai tribespeople on the list. Anyone? Anyone? > > > > reminds me of that Reggie Perrin snippet .. > > 'Is there anyone here from Tarporley ...' > > > > I dunno .. maybe I'm getting

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-07 Thread Robert Shiels
From: "Robin Szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >whether there were any Masai tribespeople on the list. Anyone? Anyone? > > reminds me of that Reggie Perrin snippet .. > 'Is there anyone here from Tarporley ...' > > I dunno .. maybe I'm getting old. pass the earwig would you please... /Robert

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-07 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:46:39AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I presume that this is a permie thing? > > Yes. And I'd estimate that _most_ of you I know would be, um, a bit > too "heavyweight" for them... You calling me fat, boy? -Dom -- |

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-07 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:58:11PM -0700, Paul Makepeace typed: >At the end of the day, the simple fact is that Windows 2000 crashes more >frequently than *n[ui]x does -- this surely is unquestioned fact. Bear in mind also this item from Monday's RISKS (21.44): Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 1

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-07 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I presume that this is a permie thing? Yes. And I'd estimate that _most_ of you I know would be, um, a bit too "heavyweight" for them... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-07 Thread Piers Cawley
Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm doing some work for a .com type company in the travel sector. They > have a network support blokey and a Windozey programmer type, but > since their live system is apache and linux they have a slight hole in > their skillset. > > Are there any of

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Simon Wistow
Ian Brayshaw wrote: > What I'm trying to find is industry evidence of SQueaL's performance (or > lack of). The more gory the details the better. It's not unbiased and you have to sift through the cruft but checking old Ask-Slashdots is often worth doing as the occasional person comes up with s

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-06 Thread Simon Wistow
Leon Brocard wrote: > And where are those London.pm tshirts, eh?, Leon Waiting for Dave to pawn one of his gold plated cats to get the seed money. -- simon wistowwireless systems coder "i think," i said "i think this is our fault."

Big Shiny Toys (was: Re: M$ SQueaLServer)

2001-06-06 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:42:34AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > Leons links to TPC are ace .. thats amazing .. the best NT powered thing > is at a piss poor 1700 ... presumably NT doesnt scale well to a 128 > processor UltraSparc then ;))) AFAIK, the starfire (Sun Ultra Enterprise 1) only g

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Anyhow, they > have two different search engines -- the portal one and a 'text only' > one which uses a different system: > > http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/text?raging=1 > > which *does* provide Bax hits... You're right .. it does .. however

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:24:35AM +1000, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > Have any of you worked with SQueaLServer with a large DB (multiple terabyte > level), serving high volume transactions (read & write, of the order of You'd have to be more specific than that. MS's terraserver http://terraserver.hom

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > >I didn't even reallise you could get NT for serious mips .. I though it > >only ran on likkle PC things ... > > I wouldn't have used the word "ran" ... I did put something about htat but deleted it .. I leave it in next time. I have worked on Solari

Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 05:10:43AM -0500, Richard Clyne wrote: > If you request more items than are in the queue (e.g. lots of empty > seats) the queue returns the items in order. If you request less items > than are in the queue (Bus almost full) the largest items push through > and are selected

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Ian Brayshaw
Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Redvers Davies sent the following bits through the ether: > > > The transactions world record sadly is held by M$ at the moment. > >http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/h-ttperf.idc Yeah, seen that. It's interesting to note that SQueaL doesn't make an appeara

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:27:39AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > because, unlike something actually useful, AV only indexes words in its > dictionary. since bax (although semantically significant) is not in its > dictioanary it don;t find it. pile of shit. Google is oodlsss > better. if yo

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Leon Brocard
Ian Brayshaw sent the following bits through the ether: > If it goes through, this is one coder that will be seeking alternate > employment (along with the rest of the company). It's probably worth letting the company know about this, although they'll probably ignore it. FUD works, you know...

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Leon Brocard
Redvers Davies sent the following bits through the ether: > The transactions world record sadly is held by M$ at the moment. http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/h-ttperf.idc Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software...http://www.iterative-so

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Redvers Davies
> I didn't even reallise you could get NT for serious mips .. I though it > only ran on likkle PC things ... The transactions world record sadly is held by M$ at the moment. Red

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Ian Brayshaw
Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > > > I'm working for a telecoms company that is considering a proposal > to >move its billing system from Oracle on Solaris, to SQueaLServer > & NT. >It's a decision that is coming from management (where > else?

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-04

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Leon Brocard wrote: >whether there were any Masai tribespeople on the list. Anyone? Anyone? reminds me of that Reggie Perrin snippet .. 'Is there anyone here from Tarporley ...' I dunno .. maybe I'm getting old. -- Robin Szemeti

Re: Social meet

2001-06-06 Thread Dave Cross
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:59:26PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Oki, assuming I don't get stranded in rush hour traffic (I'm only > ickle), can find my way to the the PO (I used to do orienteering) > and can recognise you lot, I shall see you tomorrow. Tho' if > anyone g

Re: M$ SQueaLServer

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Ian Brayshaw wrote: > I'm working for a telecoms company that is considering a proposal to move > its billing system from Oracle on Solaris, to SQueaLServer & NT. It's a > decision that is coming from management (where else?), and I'm trying to > find out if it's as ludicr

Re: Social meet

2001-06-06 Thread Jonathan Peterson
At 16:59 06/06/01 +0100, you wrote: > Tho' if >anyone going has a mobile I'd appreciate the number just in case. Since the rest of London.pm has my mobile I see no reason for you to be different. - 07989 747 853 I tend to arrive early, leave early. - Jonathan Peterson Technical Manager, Uni

Re: LCN June

2001-06-06 Thread Jon Galliers
did anyone on the list work at razorfish uk?

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Paul Mison wrote: > >why do you find it strange .. Morrismen are odd to start with, the fact > >that they get up early in the morning too should comea s no surprise ... > > I meant the crowd watching them. Didn't they have better things to do? blimey now that is odd .. >

Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Richard Clyne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I always thought that a data structure that mimicked a bus queue would > be useful. > > If you request more items than are in the queue (e.g. lots of empty > seats) the queue returns the items in order. If you request less items > than are in the queu

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Paul Mison
On 06/06/2001 at 11:27 +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: >On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Paul Mison wrote: >> On the day of the last general election I saw the May Day morris men >> outside Norwich Cathedral. Odd juxtaposition if you ask me. Turns out >> it was this lot. (There was a surprisingly big group of pe

Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: > Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > return $self->{$keys[rand $#keys]}; > > Shouldn't this just gradually start to forget more and more things using > Tie::Hash::Decay? no .. if the program is left alone for a while it begins attaching really carefull

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, Paul Mison wrote: > On 06/06/2001 at 10:47 +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > >On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:54:04 +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > >> however Sir Arnold Bax [1] got slightly closer to the truth: > >> > >> "One should try everything once, except incest and folk dancing" > > >

Re: old pictures

2001-06-06 Thread jduncan
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:09:22AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > > >

Re: tape changes

2001-06-06 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 5/6/01 10:31 am, Robin Szemeti wrote: > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? No :) But hopefully you wouldn't need to go there that often (just when the root password expires ho hum). I think th

RE: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Richard Clyne
are selected. Richard > -Original Message- > From: Simon Wistow [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 June 2001 11:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol > > Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > return $self->{$keys[rand $

Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > return rand > 0.5; > cool, thats a simple but neat bit of syntax that had never occured to me. -- Greg McCarrollhttp://217.34.97.146/~gem/

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Paul Mison
On 06/06/2001 at 10:47 +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: >On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:54:04 +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: >> however Sir Arnold Bax [1] got slightly closer to the truth: >> >> "One should try everything once, except incest and folk dancing" >Bah, I had it in my sig file (now amended) as Sir Tho

Re: old pictures

2001-06-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > > > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon,

Re: Tie::Hash::Cannabinol

2001-06-06 Thread Simon Wistow
Cross David - dcross wrote: > return $self->{$keys[rand $#keys]}; Shouldn't this just gradually start to forget more and more things using Tie::Hash::Decay? And then start consuming your resources when it gets the munchies? Or chuck a whitey and start spewing out spurious data everywhere or

Re: Religion

2001-06-06 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:54:04 +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > however Sir Arnold Bax [1] got slightly closer to the truth: > > "One should try everything once, except incest and folk dancing" > > nuff said. > > [1] oft, incorrectly, attributed to George Bernard Shaw (who said it also, > but later)

Re: old pictures

2001-06-06 Thread Mark Fowler
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon, > > Why oh why? Infact, more to the point, where is

Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT

2001-06-05 Thread Paul Makepeace
Neil Ford noted: > Quick bit of digging and I've found the following; > [Heat Magazine, 19-25 May 2001] > "The producers of Buffy, Fox TV, have offered ridiculous soundbites to justify > switching TV networks in the US. The WB, home to Buffy since it's inception, > did not match the "passion" and

Re: I'm orff

2001-06-05 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:15:39AM +0100, Aaron Trevena wrote: > > as some of you might already know I'm orff to the west country. Red skoi at noit, yer sheeps are aloit. Paul, from Brizzle -- Magnify the most difficult details

Re: old pictures

2001-06-05 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon, Why oh why? L. "Because I'm worth it."

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:59:32PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > > Question - how much data you got? > > > tar.gzedded it comes to about 700 megs .. pour quoi? > > > > why arse with tapes when you can mirror? > > we did consider that .. and pr

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Well, get them to discount "local" bandwidth. too late ... I installed a tape drive :) .. and its got a light on the front and everything ... :) spose I'll have to buy a copy of BRU now .. or should I trust it to a dodgy collection of shell scripts

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > > Question - how much data you got? > > > tar.gzedded it comes to about 700 megs .. pour quoi? > > > > why arse with tapes when you can mirror? > > we did consider that .. and prior to 'arsing with

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:59:32PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > of a 2gb monthly bandwidth allowance. Oh my lord -- I shift over a gig a day just thru' the freenet node and that's on a crappy DSL line. Remind me to whine less when Pacific [HB]ell messes with the connection... > the goodness o

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Question - how much data you got? > > tar.gzedded it comes to about 700 megs .. pour quoi? > > why arse with tapes when you can mirror? we did consider that .. and prior to 'arsing with tapes' that what we dun .. but it was eating at a not incon

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > > > Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? > > > > There

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > > Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? > > There's some nice villages outside... ;-) > > Question - how

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 01:10:47PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:31:37AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > > [hosting providers] > > > > so thats another big vote fo

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 01:10:47PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:31:37AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > [hosting providers] > > > so thats another big vote for Nildram then .. > > [snip] > > > hmm .. we're trying to j

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:31:37AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > [hosting providers] > > so thats another big vote for Nildram then .. > [snip] > > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > > Nildram sounds like a ch

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? There's some nice villages outside... ;-) Question - how much data you got? Can you rsync to your local network? --

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:31:37AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: [hosting providers] > so thats another big vote for Nildram then .. [snip] > hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point > Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? An alternative: http://

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 05 Jun 2001, Chris Heathcote wrote: > on 4/6/01 11:29 pm, Chris Benson wrote: > > > OTOH It makes Nildram's gbp2000 p.a. including 15mins of technician/day to > > do whatever you need seem very good value. > > I have one of those. Nildram couldn't be more helpful. I've even had to > visi

Re: tape changes

2001-06-05 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 4/6/01 11:29 pm, Chris Benson wrote: > OTOH It makes Nildram's gbp2000 p.a. including 15mins of technician/day to > do whatever you need seem very good value. I have one of those. Nildram couldn't be more helpful. I've even had to visit my box on occasion (ok, so they're in Aylesbury, but it'

Re: tape changes

2001-06-04 Thread Chris Benson
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:04:46PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > umm .. > > so .. you people with boxen in various places .. quick show of hands: > > is 15 quid a shot > cheap [ ] > normal[ ] > expensive [ ] > > for lobbing a dat tape into a box and slinging i

Re: crazy golf

2001-06-04 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 02:31:39PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > > Assuming you're not a Masai tribesperson. And assuming that the > > Romans weren't lying about the Celts (Though why would they want to do > > that?) > > It would seem to me to be counter-productive. If you want to conquer > a

Re: tape changes

2001-06-04 Thread Roger Burton West
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:04:46PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: >is 15 quid a shot >cheap [ ] >normal [ ] >expensive [ ] >for lobbing a dat tape into a box and slinging in a new one? It's not Telehouse prices, but it sounds expensive to me. R

Re: [PUB] Possible candidate

2001-06-04 Thread Simon Wistow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Downside is that it is not all that large, and gets horribly crowded on a > summers evening. > Lots of students and workers from nearby Guys. > The tiny bar serving areas get chock-a-block. > Also, IMHO, to beer is not kept that well, and I've never had a good pint > t

Re: crazy golf

2001-06-04 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:38:44AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > Assuming you're not a Masai tribesperson. On this list, anything is possible. -- I don't understand how people can think SCSI is anything more quirky than a genius with peculiar dietary requirements in a world where the creators of

Re: Hang the Java programmers

2001-06-04 Thread AEF
No, Java programmers are not hanged, they are burned at the stake. Tony

Re: Hang the Java programmers

2001-06-04 Thread Mark Fowler
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > But then I'm not a real programmer. You eat quiche? -- s'' Mark Fowler London.pm Bath.pm http://www.twoshortplanks.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ';use Term'Cap;$t=Tgetent Term'Cap{};print$t->Tputs(

Re: [PUB] Possible candidate

2001-06-04 Thread john . hearns
Robert Thompson wrote: > > There's The George and Dragon just south of London Bridge. Easily walkable > from LB station or even the City (I used to go there a lot). > > Unfortunately I haven't been there for a while, but hopefully it's still as > good as I remember. > Sorry to speak up against t

Re: crazy golf

2001-06-04 Thread Jonathan Peterson
At 14:31 04/06/01 +, you wrote: > > Assuming you're not a Masai tribesperson. And assuming that the > > Romans weren't lying about the Celts (Though why would they want to do > > that?) > >It would seem to me to be counter-productive. If you want to conquer >a country you don't spread rumours

Re: crazy golf

2001-06-04 Thread Simon Batistoni
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 02:31:39PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > > Assuming you're not a Masai tribesperson. And assuming that the > > Romans weren't lying about the Celts (Though why would they want to do > > that?) > > It would seem to me to be counter-productive. If you want to conquer > a c

Re: TPC Travel

2001-06-04 Thread Leon Brocard
Cross David - dcross sent the following bits through the ether: > Cool. When are you doing that? Sunday? Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software...http://www.iterative-software.com/ ... Byte this (designer underware)

Re: TPC Travel

2001-06-04 Thread Simon Wistow
Cross David - dcross wrote: > Cost me £660, but I notice that this morning Ebookers are showing only £1200 > seats left on those flights :( Eeeek. Must. book. Flight. > p.s. Oh, and I'm staying in the East Tower of the Sheraton. Moi aussi I think. -- simon wistowwireless systems

Re: crazy golf

2001-06-04 Thread Redvers Davies
> Assuming you're not a Masai tribesperson. And assuming that the > Romans weren't lying about the Celts (Though why would they want to do > that?) It would seem to me to be counter-productive. If you want to conquer a country you don't spread rumours that they drink their victims blood.

Re: TPC Travel

2001-06-04 Thread Simon Wistow
Leon Brocard wrote: > Hey, groovy, you can join Simon and me on a drive down to crazy > Mexico. We'll pick up beer, chicks and crazy Mexican guitar-playing > people. Just remember to bring a stake just in case we happen to bump > into a vampire-filled bar... or a handy vampire slayer.

RE: TPC Travel

2001-06-04 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TPC Travel > Cross David - dcross sent the following bits through the ether: > > > I booked my TPC flights yesterday. If anyone fancies joining me, the > > flig

Re: TPC Travel

2001-06-04 Thread Leon Brocard
Cross David - dcross sent the following bits through the ether: > I booked my TPC flights yesterday. If anyone fancies joining me, the > flight details are: Hey, groovy, you can join Simon and me on a drive down to crazy Mexico. We'll pick up beer, chicks and crazy Mexican guitar-playing people.

Re: [OT] BUFFY No spoilers

2001-06-04 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 09:34:10AM +0100, Dean wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 09:29:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > ah well, we can probably also expect "The Rock" from WWF > > to show up and lay the smack down on some vamps, also > > expect to here plans for a BtVS movie as well, so they

Re: [OT] BUFFY No spoilers

2001-06-04 Thread Dean
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 09:29:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > ah well, we can probably also expect "The Rock" from WWF > to show up and lay the smack down on some vamps, also > expect to here plans for a BtVS movie as well, so they > can get use out of the sets one more time. The movie has b

Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAS T NIGHT

2001-06-04 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:43 AM > > [there are actually no spoliers left in this post so I'm removing the > spoiler space] > > > i'm a little worried that the next season will suck. > > lets wait

RE: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT

2001-06-04 Thread Cross David - dcross
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Re: General Election

2001-06-03 Thread Piers Cawley
"Barbie [easynet]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "Piers Cawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Look, I'm not saying Bragg's voice is pretty. But his pitching is > > accurate, his tunes are good, his songwriting is immaculate and you > > can tell what he's singing. Same goes for his Bobness too

Re: General Election

2001-06-03 Thread Barbie [easynet]
From: "Piers Cawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Look, I'm not saying Bragg's voice is pretty. But his pitching is > accurate, his tunes are good, his songwriting is immaculate and you > can tell what he's singing. Same goes for his Bobness too come to > that. You can tell what Bob is singing! I h

Re: Inline::PERL

2001-06-03 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Sunday, June 3, 2001, at 05:56 AM, David H. Adler wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:40:49AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > >> > >> Inline::PERL gives you the power of the PERL programming language from > > > > And what, exactly, is th

Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT

2001-06-03 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Sun, 03 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Sun, 03 Jun 2001, Neil Ford wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 04:45:45PM +0100, Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 08:19:56AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 a

Re: General Election

2001-06-03 Thread Piers Cawley
"Barbie [easynet]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "Robin Szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I understand folk singers sometime place a finger over their ear > > whilst singing. Perhaps Mr Bragg should try that. I doubt it would > > improve his singing, but at least it would stop him twangi

Re: Religion

2001-06-03 Thread Piers Cawley
Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > > > > The actions and spirit of paganism (say, wearing leaves and > > dancing round a tree in May) are good healthy things to do. > > What with this and Piers' earlier revelations and the ever present > U

Re: The truth will out ( was Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT)

2001-06-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > now i remember > > the good old days of live and kicking with sarah green and pete and simon > > > > ahhh halycon days > > halcyon? > some of us are blessed with typing speeds above that of normal

Re: The truth will out ( was Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT)

2001-06-03 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > now i remember > the good old days of live and kicking with sarah green and pete and simon > > ahhh halycon days halcyon? Anyway we all know it peaked with Sally James... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org

Re: I'm orff

2001-06-03 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Aaron Trevena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > as some of you might already know I'm orff to the west country. I plan to > move to bradford-on-avon this week. That be Netcraft country. Be fearful, oh ar. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, Th

Re: old pictures

2001-06-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon, > > > > http://217.34.97.146/~gem/pics/lon

Re: old pictures

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon, > > http://217.34.97.146/~gem/pics/london.pm/2000/july/DSCF0036.JPG > But what *was* that all

Re: BUFFY - SPOILERS , DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SKY 1 LAST NIGHT

2001-06-03 Thread Dave Cross
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 04:45:45PM +0100, Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Dave, U still need last weeks video ? Nope. All caught up now thanks. Dave...

Re: old pictures

2001-06-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Aaron Trevena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > just looking at some old pictures of london.pm meetings and YAPC::Europe > > and i came across the classic, London.pm drinking in a hair dressing salon, > > > > http://217.34.97.146/~gem/pics/lo

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