lack of sleep, insanity and you rotten mongers

i was just reading comp.unix.programmer and saw GREP and thought who's talking about me, this is all your fault! greg -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net

Re: Getting keys of mappe @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/;d hash?

Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:16:06AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > How can I do this: > > > my @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/; > > > my %hash = map { $_ => 1 } @men; > > > my @sort = sort keys %hash; > > > print "We have @sort\n"; # foo bar baz > >

Re: Fwd: [orwant@oreilly.com: The state of TPJ]

Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > More on the TPJ saga. [...] Hmm... I wonder when I'm going to get my long term subscription repaid. -- Piers

Re: JOB: At A Very Well-Known Company

Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The skills are required for someone to look after the live data feeds: > > Strong Perl (including DBI). > Strong UNIX. > Reasonable SQL, with a knowledge of Oracle (or similar DBMS). > Must know basics of HTML and XML. > Must understand CGI and have a good

RE: JOB: At A Very Well-Known Company

From: Piers Cawley Sent: 04 January 2001 09:37 [stuff about a job at Ft.com (oops! promised I'd keep the client's name a secret :) > Thought that sounded familiar, they phoned me about it. But want > references before they'll put me up for an interview and I'm damned if > I'm going to give 'em

Re: lack of sleep, insanity and you rotten mongers

grep is not in context :-) On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:05:10AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > i was just reading comp.unix.programmer and saw GREP and thought who's > talking about me, > > this is all your fault! > > greg > > -- > Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll

Re: Getting keys of mappe @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/;d hash?

On 4 Jan 2001, Piers Cawley wrote: > Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:16:06AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > > How can I do this: > > > > my @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/; > > > > my %hash = map { $_ => 1 } @men; > > > > my @sort = sort keys %hash; >

Re: Getting keys of mappe @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/;d hash?

Shevek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 4 Jan 2001, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:16:06AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > > > How can I do this: > > > > > my @list = qw/foo bar foo baz/; > > > > > my %hash = map { $_

FOOD

Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire --

Re: FOOD

on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com

Re: FOOD

Chris Heathcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? > > What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) Barf. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Re: FOOD

On 04/01/2001 at 11:10 +, David Hodgkinson wrote: >Chris Heathcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: >> >> > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? >> >> What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) > >Barf. Yeah, everyone knows Burger King are better :O) -- :

RE: FOOD

> > on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? > > > > What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) > > Barf. Yeah, but at the moment you get to barf *twice* each visit :)

RE: FOOD

From: Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04 January 2001 12:13 > On 04/01/2001 at 11:10 +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > >Chris Heathcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: > >> > >> > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? > >> > >> What, when McDonalds are

RE: FOOD

> Are you all mad? > > Wendy's. Obviously. > > Dave... They're dead and gone. All their locations in London are now McD's. But yeah, they did *really* nice hamburgers, actually. In fact, I'm getting all nostalgic now...

Re: FOOD

dcross - David Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you all mad? > > Wendy's. Obviously. The best diner style burgers and fries I've ever had were in a Denny's of all places in Watertown NY. Plenty of dill pickles, coleslaw, bacon, relish. Yum. Back when I ate meat, of course. OK, Now I'm

Re: FOOD

On or about Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:25:42AM +, David Hodgkinson typed: >OK, Now I'm REALLY hungry. I'll be at the New World at one >O'Clock. Are you going to set your machine's clock to the right time first? Roger

Re: FOOD

Roger Burton West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you going to set your machine's clock to the right time first? No. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL,

Re: FOOD

on 4/1/01 1:11 pm, Neil Ford wrote: > What even the one of Shaftsbury Avenue? That was still there late last year. Got my 2-for-1 McChicken sandwich from there today! > Of course they all pale into insugnificance next to their US counterparts Wendys UK suffered from some of the most surly

RE: FOOD

From: Simon Batistoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04 January 2001 12:21 > > Are you all mad? > > > > Wendy's. Obviously. > > > > Dave... > > They're dead and gone. All their locations in London are now McD's. But this is terrible news. When did it happen? Actually it happened once before. The

Re: FOOD

> > Are you all mad? > > Wendy's. Obviously. > I had a Wendy burger last month when I was in New York - it was very disappointing and not at all how I remember the London ones used to taste. The bun was very sweet and sickly. -- Robert

Books

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 "Programming Pearls". A classic.

RE: Books

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

Re: Books

* 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

RE: FOOD

David Cross scribbled: > > > Are you all mad? > > > > > > Wendy's. Obviously. > > > > > Dave... > > They're dead and gone. All their locations in London are now McD's. > But this is terrible news. When did it happen? Actually, while we're on the subject, does anyone know what happened to th

Re: FOOD

On or about Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:54:23PM -, Matthew Freake typed: >...and thinking about it, didn't the Wendy's on Shaftesbury Avenue used to >be a Taco Bell as well ? I don't think so; there was one on the other side of Haymarket, though, towards Leicester Square. R

Re: Books

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

Re: JOB: At A Very Well-Known Company

> I'm going to give 'em free sales leads. Say Dave, can I name you as a > referee? I am working through Aerotek too - you can use my name should you wish. Red

Re: Books

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

Re: tommorow nights meeting

> also i started laying out the few mp3's i have and some of the schedule > of the conference into a website tonight, so expect movement on that > front rsn, Has anyone thought of putting the talks onto VCD? If I can get this VCD software to work that I just aquired (thanks again) i'm happy to t

Re: Books

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

Re: Books

* 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

Re: JOB: At A Very Well-Known Company

Redvers Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm going to give 'em free sales leads. Say Dave, can I name you as > > a referee? > > I am working through Aerotek too - you can use my name should > you wish. They appear to have accepted Dave's ref. What are they like as an agency? And how are t

Re: Books

* 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

RE: Books

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

Re: Books

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.

RE: FOOD

Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. Jonathan PetersonIdeas Hub Ltd (t) +44 (0)20 7487 1310 www.ideashub.com

Re: Books

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

Re: FOOD

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:36:39PM -, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. Yes.

Re: FOOD

yes * Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. > > > Jonathan PetersonIdeas Hub Ltd > (t) +44 (0)20 7487 1310 > www.ideashub.com > -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net

Re: FOOD

"Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. I drink badly too. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL,

Re: Books

* 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

yapc footage / soundage

> > also i started laying out the few mp3's i have and some of the schedule > > of the conference into a website tonight, so expect movement on that > > front rsn, > > Has anyone thought of putting the talks onto VCD? If I can get this > VCD software to work that I just aquired (thanks again) i

Re: yapc footage / soundage

> well, Nat's bringing a lot of miniDV tapes tonight, we are going to > convert them into Quicktime and Real for streaming. > what source format do you need to make VCDs with your thingy? >From the homepage: create a MPEG-1 video stream with the dimensions 352x240 (NTSC) or 352x288 (PAL) and a

Re: JOB: At A Very Well-Known Company

> They appear to have accepted Dave's ref. What are they like as an > agency? And how are they IR35 wise? They are OK - you definatly feel that they are a large agency as opposed to a one man band which has both good and bad points. Their people do however have unlimited entertainment expense ac

Damian's webpage.

Don't know how many of you have seen this: http://yetanother.org/damian/diary_January_2001.html#day_4 Made me chuckle. Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand. --- Anon

Re: Books

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 "

Re: FOOD

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 12:20:38PM -, Simon Batistoni wrote: > > Are you all mad? > > > > Wendy's. Obviously. > > > > Dave... > > They're dead and gone. All their locations in London are now McD's. > > But yeah, they did *really* nice hamburgers, actually. > > In fact, I'm getting all no

Re: FOOD

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:27:38PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > "Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. > > I drink badly too. I'm sorry, but that parsing of Jonathan's comment indicates that he *needs* badly. His drinking skil

Re: Books

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

Re: Books

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

Technical Meeting

It was pointed out this evening that I hadn't send out a reminder for the technical meeting which is in two weeks time (Jan 18th). We'll be holding it at State 51 and I'm hoping that Alex or Jo will post detailed directions. As always I'm looking for volunteers to speak at the meeting. If you've

Re: FOOD

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:53:38PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: > If you guys ever get the trip to new york together, we could schedule > a trip to one of our *many* Wendy's... :-) Or we could just do a trip to Croydon.pm. We have a Wendys. Ner ner ner-ner ner. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PRO

blibble

You know you're drunk when, faced with the problem of getting through an underground ticket gate, you get out your house keys and start fiddling with them looking for the right one. Michael

Re: Technical Meeting

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > It was pointed out this evening that I hadn't send out a reminder for > the technical meeting which is in two weeks time (Jan 18th). We'll be > holding it at State 51 and I'm hoping that Alex or Jo will post > detailed directions. walk out of the bagel shop

Re: blibble

On or about Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:01:49AM +, Michael Stevens typed: >You know you're drunk when, faced with the problem of getting through >an underground ticket gate, you get out your house keys and start fiddling >with them looking for the right one. Or when, faced with the problem of get

Re: blibble

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:01:49AM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > You know you're drunk when, faced with the problem of getting through > an underground ticket gate, you get out your house keys and start fiddling > with them looking for the right one. Hmm... I was /going/ to come up to Holborn,

Damian's Visit

As you'll have seen from his web site , Damian will be in London on 25th and 26th Feb. I've exchanged emails with him and here are a few more details. He flies in at 11:30am on Sunday 25th and is teaching all day Monday and most of Tuesday, before flying out aga

Re: Damian's Visit

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:14:17AM +, Dave Cross wrote: > As you'll have seen from his web site > , Damian will be in London on > 25th and 26th Feb. I've exchanged emails with him and here are a few > more details. Out of curiosity, did you first hear about

Re: Damian's Visit

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 02:26:45AM -0500, David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:14:17AM +, Dave Cross wrote: > > As you'll have seen from his web site > > , Damian will be in London on > > 25th and 26th Feb. I've exchanged ema

Re: blibble

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Michael Stevens wrote: > You know you're drunk when, faced with the problem of getting through > an underground ticket gate, you get out your house keys and start fiddling > with them looking for the right one. > Look you can operate a computer and type coherently, it can't