Re: Forthcoming Meetings
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:28:20AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > But I could do something about Perl regular expressions and > > algorithmic complexity. That would be fun :-) > > Robin, can we have a whip round and pay you NOT to do it? My head > always hurts after one of your talks... I *think* that's a compliment ;-) BTW, I'm going on holiday tonight, for two weeks. So if you start to wonder why I'm not answering email, that's why :) .robin. -- select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,,'')) from ( select 'select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,,)) from ( select ''X'' a from dual)' a from dual)
Re: Forthcoming Meetings
Robin Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But I could do something about Perl regular expressions and > algorithmic complexity. That would be fun :-) Robin, can we have a whip round and pay you NOT to do it? My head always hurts after one of your talks... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
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On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 02:09:56PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > Technical Meeting: Thursday 21st June > > Need a venue for this please people. And speakers. If any speakers want to > practise TPC or YAPC::E talks, then this might be a good time to do it. Since I've already practiced my YAPC::E submission on you lot, it would be unfair to do it again. But I could do something about Perl regular expressions and algorithmic complexity. That would be fun :-) .robin.
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On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 02:09:56PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > Technical Meeting: Thursday 21st June > > Need a venue for this please people. And speakers. If any speakers want to > practise TPC or YAPC::E talks, then this might be a good time to do it. Sure, I'd like to do I as a 5-minute thingy. Also assuming Mark doesn't bonk me over the head we'll do I, which is 25 minutes, with projector, audio and a brandy glass full of brown M&Ms. Now to write the thing, rather than just playing with magicpoint. -- Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Social Meeting: Thursday 7th June Unless anyone comes up with a better idea in the next 24 hours, we'll go to the Penderels Oak for this. Technical Meeting: Thursday 21st June Need a venue for this please people. And speakers. If any speakers want to practise TPC or YAPC::E talks, then this might be a good time to do it. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary
From: Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 15 January 2001 08:20 > Get Pine for windows - it can read exchange mail just fine. > Though I'm sure we've been here before. Yeah, we have. But I've never succeeded in getting in configured to work with Exchange. Any pointers to info would be gratefully received. Cheers, Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > p.s. Roger, I have set up a .sig containing the .sig separator, but Outlook > insists on putting it at the top of replies! I'll try to remember to add it > manually until I can come up with a less frustrating solution. > Get Pine for windows - it can read exchange mail just fine. Though I'm sure we've been here before. /J\ -- Jonathan Stowe | http://www.gellyfish.com | I'm with Grep on this one http://www.tackleway.co.uk |
Re: Pubs! (was: RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary)
> I only counted one objection and a number of agreements so I suggest that > Simon puts this plan into action and books us some space upstairs at the > BB&B for Thursday 1st Feb. We'll treat it as an experiment and if we don't > like it we can try somewhere else (or even go back to the PO). Will get onto it today.
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On 08/01/2001 at 11:03 +, dcross - David Cross wrote: >Somewhere between 20 and 30 if recent meetings are any guide. The presence >of MJD might bump that up a bit I suppose. > >Can you wait until tomorrow before calling them to give people a chance to >object to coming south of the river. The East London posse (well, me anyway :O) isn't likely to object. There's those shiny JLE station to use, lovely tiny Jubilee trains to carry us come, then hopefully the Magic Pixies can carry me through East Ham like they usually do once I succumb to the TVRs. It's scary how I've never overslept on the Tube. Obviously one day I'll end up in Upminster after the last train's gone; then I'll blame the Pixies. Nasty things. Did I mention how nifty the JLE is? Oh. Sorry. -- :: paul :: and if you refuse to believe :: you will be cast into the void
RE: Pubs! (was: RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary)
> Camel. I don't know what it's like outside, but further > investigation has > revealed that there are others in Victoria and Waterloo. Has > anyone tried > them? Should we investigate further? > There's one up near Baker Street I've been too. Not a bad pub, but I'd not have said it was a good london.pm venue, rather small and bar-ish.
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Whilst exploring this area at lunchtime I found a pub called the Elusive > > Camel. > > I don't know what it's like outside, but further investigation has > > revealed that there are others in Victoria and Waterloo. Has anyone tried > > them? Should we investigate further? > > i drank in the elusive camel on occasion near victoria, its ok, its > an office crowd with a wicker chair style deco, i get the feeling > however they wouldn't like 20 drunk geeks - not quite cool enough > if you know what i mean > > its the type of pub that turns into some peoples idea of hell when it > is office party season I don't think it's a chain tho. The one on Tooley Street has an upstairs which is sometimes empty (dunno about Thursdays) with big sofas as well as normal pub furniture. Look out for the coolest washbasins in the men's toilet. paul -- Paul Sharpe Tel: +44 (20) 7407 5557 Miraclefish Ltd. Fax: +44 (20) 7378 8711 Studio 12 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 37 Tanner Street London SE1 3LF UNITED KINGDOM
Re: Pubs! (was: RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary)
* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Whilst exploring this area at lunchtime I found a pub called the Elusive > Camel. > I don't know what it's like outside, but further investigation has > revealed that there are others in Victoria and Waterloo. Has anyone tried > them? Should we investigate further? i drank in the elusive camel on occasion near victoria, its ok, its an office crowd with a wicker chair style deco, i get the feeling however they wouldn't like 20 drunk geeks - not quite cool enough if you know what i mean its the type of pub that turns into some peoples idea of hell when it is office party season -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Pubs! (was: RE: Forthcoming Meetings - Summary)
From: dcross - David Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 January 2001 11:03 > From: Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 08 January 2001 11:00 > > > dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > > > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm > > > going to appoint Simon as official pub organiser and suggest > > > we try the BB&B for the Feb meeting (the McCarroll heretics > > > can, of course, have their meeting the following week wherever > > > they want). > > > > I'll phone them up now and book. How many people are we > > expecting? About 20? > > Somewhere between 20 and 30 if recent meetings are any guide. > The presence of MJD might bump that up a bit I suppose. > > Can you wait until tomorrow before calling them to give > people a chance to object to coming south of the river. I only counted one objection and a number of agreements so I suggest that Simon puts this plan into action and books us some space upstairs at the BB&B for Thursday 1st Feb. We'll treat it as an experiment and if we don't like it we can try somewhere else (or even go back to the PO). Whilst exploring this area at lunchtime I found a pub called the Elusive Camel. I don't know what it's like outside, but further investigation has revealed that there are others in Victoria and Waterloo. Has anyone tried them? Should we investigate further? Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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Leon Brocard wrote: > I'm willing to do, ahem, redo a lightning talk on the Perl Monger > World Map. This time I won't be in the middle of organising a Perl > conference, and it'll be much more fun, although someone nicked my > beautiful prop :-( And I'm willing to do a talk on any of these fascinating subjects ... Vector Animation-a-go-go The how and, more specifically why of generating vector animations with reference to shiny, comfortingly vague promises for the future and much hand waving and glossing over difficult bits. Mail::Hotmail Webmail is a necessary evil and lots of people use Hotmail. But then they get back from, say, 3 hypothetical months mooching round the southern hemisphere and want to reclaim that mail. Using Perl of course. Net::IP2LL You know the situation, you've got an IP address, you want to know where on earth (literally) it is. Well you can't ... but you can have a bloody good guess. We tell you how. ** Warning this module may not be finished. Or even started by then ** Why you shouldn't do technical meetings the day after your birthday Autobiographical. Will probably come up with subject matter spontaneously. Or more accuratley, will probably throw up vegetable matter spontaneously.
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dcross - David Cross sent the following bits through the ether: > Thu 18th Jan Technical Meeting - State 51 I'm willing to do, ahem, redo a lightning talk on the Perl Monger World Map. This time I won't be in the middle of organising a Perl conference, and it'll be much more fun, although someone nicked my beautiful prop :-( Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ yapc::Europehttp://yapc.org/Europe/ ... All new improved Brocard, now with Template Toolkit!
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> > Sounds like they're just not accustomed to the social behaviour of > geeks. We do bring in some money for them, though - on days > when no one > else would, so they better adapt to service us. In my experience it's geeks who are not accustomed to the social behaviour of everyone else (not necessarily a criticism). In any case, I still reckon our group is sufficiently large that we would benefit from an upstairs room somewhere
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 01:01:52PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 01:36:00PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >Lets face it, we do break their rules in somewhat of a spectacular > > >manner... > > > > Did I miss something? When did they ever try to throw london.pm out? > > I'm not sure that they have tried to throw us out, but I think we have > been 'frowned on' rather heavily in the past... and we certainly have been > brushed aside as drunkards and fools (take the TVR jugs with you -- just > go away...) I exaggerate slightly, but I think we've got to the "if I have to say this again you're out" stage at least once. Michael
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 01:36:00PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Lets face it, we do break their rules in somewhat of a spectacular > >manner... > > Did I miss something? When did they ever try to throw london.pm out? I'm not sure that they have tried to throw us out, but I think we have been 'frowned on' rather heavily in the past... and we certainly have been brushed aside as drunkards and fools (take the TVR jugs with you -- just go away...) --james. PGP signature
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:03:05PM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 01:01:29PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > I'll submit to the popular vote of course, though a central London pub would > > > be easier if we have to change. Why don't people like the PO? > > have we ever tried reservin tables in PO? > > My only objection to PO is the packed thing. > > Oh and the fact they occasionally try to throw us out when we break all > their rules. Lets face it, we do break their rules in somewhat of a spectacular manner... --james. PGP signature
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 01:01:29PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > I'll submit to the popular vote of course, though a central London pub would > > be easier if we have to change. Why don't people like the PO? > have we ever tried reservin tables in PO? My only objection to PO is the packed thing. Oh and the fact they occasionally try to throw us out when we break all their rules. Michael
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* Robert Shiels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > > > > > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm > > > > going to appoint Simon as official pub organiser and suggest > > > > we try the BB&B for the Feb meeting (the McCarroll heretics > > > > can, of course, have their meeting the following week wherever > > > > they want). > > > > I'm not particularly keen on going to London Bridge. I come from Slough and > this will reduce my drinking time by at least half and hour I'd estimate > :( I also usually combine my trip into That London with a visit to the PC > Bookshop in Sicilian Avenue or Virgin Megastore on TCR, both walking > distance. > > I'll submit to the popular vote of course, though a central London pub would > be easier if we have to change. Why don't people like the PO? > have we ever tried reservin tables in PO? > -- > Robert > > -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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> > > dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > > > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm > > > going to appoint Simon as official pub organiser and suggest > > > we try the BB&B for the Feb meeting (the McCarroll heretics > > > can, of course, have their meeting the following week wherever > > > they want). > > I'm not particularly keen on going to London Bridge. I come from Slough and this will reduce my drinking time by at least half and hour I'd estimate :( I also usually combine my trip into That London with a visit to the PC Bookshop in Sicilian Avenue or Virgin Megastore on TCR, both walking distance. I'll submit to the popular vote of course, though a central London pub would be easier if we have to change. Why don't people like the PO? -- Robert
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:42:22AM +, Simon Wistow wrote: > I keep suggesting the Barrowboy and Banker but nobody listens ... sob :( > > They even offered to set up special tables for us and everything. It would be fine for me. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
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* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Can you wait until tomorrow before calling them to give people a chance to > object to coming south of the river. > give the majority of the whiners (myself included i might add) already live south of the river, i don't think we are going to see the usual level of complaints that this sort of thing would generate -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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From: Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 January 2001 11:00 > dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm > > going to appoint Simon as official pub organiser and suggest > > we try the BB&B for the Feb meeting (the McCarroll heretics > > can, of course, have their meeting the following week wherever > > they want). > > I'll phone them up now and book. How many people are we > expecting? About 20? Somewhere between 20 and 30 if recent meetings are any guide. The presence of MJD might bump that up a bit I suppose. Can you wait until tomorrow before calling them to give people a chance to object to coming south of the river. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 January 2001 11:57 > * dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I like this idea. A lot. And not just because the BB&B is > about three > > minutes walk from where I'm now working - it's just at the > southern end of > > London Bridge. > > are you at the FT? Nope. Other direction. The clue is in the email address. Acxiom are in Hay's Galleria Dave... p.s. Roger, I have set up a .sig containing the .sig separator, but Outlook insists on putting it at the top of replies! I'll try to remember to add it manually until I can come up with a less frustrating solution. -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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dcross - David Cross wrote: > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm going to appoint > Simon as official pub organiser and suggest we try the BB&B for the Feb > meeting (the McCarroll heretics can, of course, have theie meeting the > following week wherever they want). I'll phone them up now and book. How many people are we expecting? About 20?
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* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I like this idea. A lot. And not just because the BB&B is about three > minutes walk from where I'm now working - it's just at the southern end of > London Bridge. are you at the FT? > > If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm going to appoint > Simon as official pub organiser and suggest we try the BB&B for the Feb > meeting (the McCarroll heretics can, of course, have theie meeting the > following week wherever they want). well in that case i appoint Simon as the official heretic pub organiser, i'd point out that I am biasd as i know a particularly dodgy mini cab driver who loiters around london bridge ho hum -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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From: Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 January 2001 10:42 > dcross - David Cross wrote: > > Thu 1st Feb Social Meeting - Penderels Oak (unless I get a better > > suggestion) > > I keep suggesting the Barrowboy and Banker but nobody listens > ... sob :( > > They even offered to set up special tables for us and everything. I like this idea. A lot. And not just because the BB&B is about three minutes walk from where I'm now working - it's just at the southern end of London Bridge. If I don't hear any objections by the end of tomorrow, I'm going to appoint Simon as official pub organiser and suggest we try the BB&B for the Feb meeting (the McCarroll heretics can, of course, have theie meeting the following week wherever they want). > > The information contained in this communication is > > *** SNIP *** > > Can't we put a sig-snipper on Penderel? Please do - but the list isn't on Penderel yet :) Dave... The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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On or about Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:48:30AM -, dcross - David Cross typed: >From: Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: 08 January 2001 10:42 >> dcross - David Cross wrote: >> > The information contained in this communication is >> Can't we put a sig-snipper on Penderel? >Please do - but the list isn't on Penderel yet :) How about putting a sig separator above the crap that your mailer tacks on? Roger
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dcross - David Cross wrote: > Thu 1st Feb Social Meeting - Penderels Oak (unless I get a better > suggestion) I keep suggesting the Barrowboy and Banker but nobody listens ... sob :( They even offered to set up special tables for us and everything. > Dave... > > The information contained in this communication is *** SNIP *** Can't we put a sig-snipper on Penderel?
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> Sun 25th Feb Emergency Social Meeting (Damian Conway) > Mon 26th Feb Emergency Technical Meeting (Damian Conway) This could be worth having a holiday for. See you there :) Barbie
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Lest we get confuse, can I just summarise the forthcoming meetings - as there are rather a lot of them :) Palms at the ready... Thu 11th Jan Emergency RPG Meeting - Greg's Flat Thu 18th Jan Technical Meeting - State 51 Thu 1st Feb Social Meeting - Penderels Oak (unless I get a better suggestion) Thu 8th Feb Social Meeting (for McCarroll heretics) Thu 22nd Feb Emergency Technical Meeting (Matt Sergeant - AxKit) Sun 25th Feb Emergency Social Meeting (Damian Conway) Mon 26th Feb Emergency Technical Meeting (Damian Conway) Thu 1st Mar Social Meeting Thu 8th Mar Social Meeting (for McCarroll heretics) Thu 15th Mar Technical Meeting I'll put them on the website over the weekend. Dave... The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
