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At 19:58 04/04/2001, Doug Sparling wrote: > > Dave... > > [wondering how he gets to be a technical editor] > > >My experience suggests it may have something to do with being in the > >right place at the right time... :) > >Same goes for authoring -:) Oh, I know that :) Dave... --

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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:58:22PM -0500, Doug Sparling wrote: > > Dave... > > [wondering how he gets to be a technical editor] > > >My experience suggests it may have something to do with being in the > >right place at the right time... :) > > Same goes for authoring -:) Oh, and about the edit

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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:58:22PM -0500, Doug Sparling wrote: > >My experience suggests it may have something to do with being in the > >right place at the right time... :) > > Same goes for authoring -:) I'd dispute the use of the word "right" in that context. -- The Messiah will come. Ther

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> Dave... > [wondering how he gets to be a technical editor] >My experience suggests it may have something to do with being in the >right place at the right time... :) Same goes for authoring -:)

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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:15:04PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > > Dave... > [wondering how he gets to be a technical editor] My experience suggests it may have something to do with being in the right place at the right time... :) dha -- David H. Adler - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.panix.com

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At 19:01 04/04/2001, David H. Adler wrote: >On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:26:02AM +0100, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > > Wanderering around Charing Cross Road last night I picked up a couple > of new > > Perl books, "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer & Brent > > Michalski and

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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:26:02AM +0100, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > Wanderering around Charing Cross Road last night I picked up a couple of new > Perl books, "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer & Brent > Michalski and "Instant Perl Modules" by Doug Sparling and Frank Wile

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At 09:26 AM 4.4.2001 +0100, Dave Cross wrote: >Wanderering around Charing Cross Road last night I picked up a couple of >new Perl books, "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer & >Brent Michalski and "Instant Perl Modules" by Doug Sparling and Frank >Wiles. Heh, check out _Perl H

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From: Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 January 2001 14:53 > David Hodgkinson wrote: > > Kieran Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > And anyway, computing by publisher is getting a lot > better. You just > > > browse O'Reilly, Addison Wesley and Prentice Hall. > > > > Heretic.

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David Hodgkinson wrote: > Kieran Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And anyway, computing by publisher is getting a lot better. You just > > browse O'Reilly, Addison Wesley and Prentice Hall. > > Heretic. Manning publish Conway's OO Perl book. And Dave's "I got to use 'Munging' in a book t

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On 7 Jan 2001, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > And anyway, computing by publisher is getting a lot better. You just > > browse O'Reilly, Addison Wesley and Prentice Hall. > > Heretic. Manning publish Conway's OO Perl book. > What? You browse for errors/ typos in Conway's book? Anyway, the point wa

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Kieran Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, David H. Adler wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > > > > > In

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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, David H. Adler wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > > > Insane filing system > > They (used to, at least) file thei

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On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 05:40:50PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > Chris Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:26:25PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > The bonus was a second edition of Jon Bentley's "Programming > > > Pearls". A classic. > > > Full-on second e

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Chris Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:26:25PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > > having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! >

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > Insane filing system They (used to, at least) file their Science Fiction (and some other sections) by publisher ra

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:41:34PM -, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > This lunchtime I picked up a copy of Martin Brown's 'Debugging Perl'. Anyone > have any opinions on that yet? I'm reading it at the moment. My opinion at this point is Good Idea Foiled by Mediocre Execution. He doesn't d

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:26:25PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! > > The bonus was a second edition of Jon Bentley's "

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* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 04 January 2001 14:50 > > > * at 04/01 13:26 + David Hodgkinson said: > > > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a > > > perl library together for the guys I'm worki

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On 04/01/2001 at 13:59 +, David Hodgkinson wrote: >Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > >Insane filing system > >Legendarily unhelpful staff > >It smells funny No built in coffee shop. Not that that's really that important

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 03:10:24PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > That was Sili of you On the plus side, They Have Lots Of Books, which makes up for almost all their faults.

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From: Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04 January 2001 14:50 > * at 04/01 13:26 + David Hodgkinson said: > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a > > perl library together for the guys I'm working with, but > > I managed it without having to go into Foyle's

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* Michael Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > > > Insane filing system > > > > Legendarily unhelpful staff > > > > It smells funny > > I spent several minutes

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* at 04/01 13:59 + David Hodgkinson said: > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > Insane filing system it has a certain random quality > Legendarily unhelpful staff really? they've always been fine anytime i was in

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David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * at 04/01 13:26 + David Hodgkinson said: > > > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl > > > library together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it > > > wit

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > Insane filing system > > Legendarily unhelpful staff > > It smells funny I spent several minutes once trying to teach one of the staff in their computing section

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Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * at 04/01 13:26 + David Hodgkinson said: > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > > having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! > > er, what's wrong

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* at 04/01 13:26 + David Hodgkinson said: > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? s -- Struan

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From: David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04 January 2001 13:26 > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! I generally find that Blackwell's computer section