Re: headers

2001-06-21 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 01:45:29PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: I used to make bacon sandwiches with cholla. I find it gloriously ironic that cholla and bagels are two of the *best* sorts of bread for making bacon sarnies... Do you mean Challah? dha, must try that... -- David H. Adler

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread David H. Adler
. Which Dave? Dave -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ You can lead a bigot to water, but if you don't tie him up, you can't make him drown. - The Psychodots

Re: TT new website (buffy)

2001-06-28 Thread David H. Adler
Mongers groups are volunteer organizations. You start a buffy thread, and we'll be *right* there to support you. dha, buffy. -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.

Re: Buffy (was: Re: TT new website)

2001-06-28 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:08:50PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:15:25AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: And I *like* obsolete formats. I have lots of those old, big, plastic cds... well at least you don't have

Re: technical book piracy

2001-07-08 Thread David H. Adler
-- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Hey you! Don't watch dat! Watch thees! This is the heavy, heavy monster sound! - Madness

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-21 Thread David H. Adler
- and Wonderful Life was his first film *after* the war (Aresenic and Old Lace being made in '41 and not released until '44). One of these days I'm actually going to write a paper on this. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ If history teaches us anything, it's

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-21 Thread David H. Adler
at least) the extras alone are probably worth the price of the dvd. hard boiled le samourai I have not seen Le Samourai, but Woo's The Killer is based on it and I happen to think it's a better film than Hard Boiled (not that HB isn't good, mind you). dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-21 Thread David H. Adler
. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ [Insert Angus Prune Tune here]

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 08:23:50AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington follows, wherein a country bumpkin gets Is this the one where Mrs Smith smoke a pipe, and eventually gets caught and shamed in the press as a pipe

Re: Pub examination - Three Cups - tonight (Weds 19 Sept)

2001-09-22 Thread David H. Adler
than text... :_) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ All I felt was his fear... And the exploding eyeballs. Did I mention I hate this gig? - Cordelia Chase

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-23 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 08:15:00AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Warning, film geekage follows. It's A Wonderful Life cannot be fully understood outside of the context of the similar films that preceeded it. [...] This brings us to It's

Re: Films of all time

2001-09-23 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:47:40PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, David H. Adler wrote: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 8th Dimension Aargh. Does anyone have this is in a convenient viewing format? It's one of those films I've been dying to see for ages

Re: (time_t)1E9 (was Re: Stuff)

2001-09-17 Thread David H. Adler
, and it was a joy to watch. Night After Night was a *great* show. I remember the night Dennis Potter was the guest. One of the best interviews I've seen on a talk show. Damn shame it got cancelled. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ All those quotes make my eyes bleed

Re: Heh.

2001-09-18 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 01:01:22PM +0200, Newton, Philip wrote: David H. Adler wrote: http://www.tartarus.org/~simon/kmt.png The requested URL /~simon/kmt.png was not found on this server. Dang. I'll see if I can dig it up elsewhere... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: Re: Pub examination - Three Cups - tonight (Weds 19 Sept)

2001-09-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 01:18:18PM -0400, Chris Devers wrote: On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Peter Haworth wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:51:20 -0400, David H. Adler wrote: This discussion is reminding me of the time a friend of mine called me provincial because people who live in NYC tend

Re: Instant Messaging and all that Jazz

2001-09-21 Thread David H. Adler
-- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Hey you! Don't watch dat! Watch thees! This is the heavy, heavy monster sound! - Madness

Re: champagne/value/single malt/brandy , was Re: champagne

2001-09-21 Thread David H. Adler
it out the next time you're round :) Oh, *now* you tell us... :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Perhaps *the* Monty Python Scholar in America today -New Yorker magazine 13mar89

Home at last

2001-09-17 Thread David H. Adler
Just an update (which some of you already know). Mom and Dad and I have arrived safely home, via London. I have over 2000 emails to read. I'm going to bed now. best, dave -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Toast is just overcooked bread

Re: Friday Morning Fun

2001-09-23 Thread David H. Adler
this? dha, thankful that he will never do this in production code, but will have to kill anyone else who does, he supposes... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ You're still hoping for a new, good Star Trek series??? You must be a Cubs fan. - Michael G. Schwern

Re: Friday Morning Fun

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:35:19AM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:15:06AM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: On the other hand, given the wording of this, I find this slightly odd: bash-2.05$ perl -e ' $i = (-3..0);print *$i*\n' ** ...as the right

Re: The best film of all time?

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
as a lot of people seem to think. Barbarella - *cough* I once frightened myself after seeing a double feature of this and Goddard's Alphaville by thinking hm.. yes, there *are* some interesting points of comparison here. Eek. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com

Re: Best Films?

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
stuff. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ An aside, consider the idea of reality as a superposition of all possible belief systems. If this is the case ... why can't we worship them all in CONSTANT TIME! ;) - Mark Rogaski

Re: Friday Morning Fun

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:54:12AM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:09:19PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:35:19AM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:15:06AM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: On the other hand, given

Re: best double bill (sort of Re: The best film of all time?)

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
in the humor section of some magazine years and years ago: Jaws and A Farewell To Arms. :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ And, I also forgot to mention that P[ower]P[uff]G[irls] kick serious booty. If for no other reason than: Bubbles talks to squirrels

Re: Friday Morning Fun

2001-09-24 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 10:54:03AM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:31:09PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:54:12AM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:09:19PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:35

Re: Film Recommendatio : A Knight's Tale

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 10:41:39AM -0400, Andy Williams wrote: A knight's Tale, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves[3] [3] Really struggling here :) Yes. You are. dha, usually refers to that as Robin Hood, Prince of Cigar Store Indians, due to Costner's wooden performance... -- David H. Adler

Re: Re: Film Recommendatio : A Knight's Tale

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:44:19AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: As unwatchable films go it's right up there with Charlie's Angels, American Pie and Gladiator. I'd rather watch something by Andy Warhol :) Now I *know* you're lying... :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: RE: Re: Film Recommendatio : A Knight's Tale

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
, it's nice to know that, although it may not be obvious from the film, the director actually has some kind of clue... Besides, Cameron Diaz has *such* a lovely smile... ... uh, where was I? :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ No, I don't have a ministry

Re: Films of all time

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 04:51:07PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 08:45:18PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: The Emerald Forest I think you must be the only other person in the world to have seen this film. I only saw it once, many many years ago before I really

Re: Re: RE: Re: Film Recommendatio : A Knight's Tale

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:01:41AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: From: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9/25/01 4:26:44 PM On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: [about Charlie's Angels] Greg recently persuaded me that this wasn't as bad as I thought

Re: Film Recommendatio : A Knight's Tale

2001-09-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:28:35PM +0100, Tim Sweetman wrote: From: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9/25/01 4:26:44 PM Ah, I remember now why I recognise your name - I kept seeing it in Switzerland near depictions of eagles. Another little mystery solved. :) Makes sense, I

Re: Films of all time

2001-09-26 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 09:26:41AM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: then, and this is very important, don't, under any circumstances, read http://www.ashleypomeroy.com/gontar.html We all know you just said that so that we'd go read it. You're not fooling anyone, you know. dha -- David H

Re: Chocolate/beer (was Film Recommendation)

2001-09-30 Thread David H. Adler
-- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Shrink your opponents' heads before they shrink yours! - The Bomboras

Re: Chocolate/beer (was Film Recommendation)

2001-09-30 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:17:00PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:09:55PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: What pretty pictures are those? we got plain colored lights and lights that actually say walk and don't walk. I should also point out that I haven't paid much

Re: [ANNOUNCE]The End ... Of The Beginning

2001-10-01 Thread David H. Adler
monger groups worldwide be led by Dr. Who fanatics with odd taste in music named Dave! Oh well... You've done a great job. I suppose you deserve a rest. dha, not quite that bright, apparently... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ perl -e '$=q-Just Another Perl

Re: Chocolate/beer (was Film Recommendation)

2001-10-01 Thread David H. Adler
, Tonight may have come after it... I'm not sure offhand. It was, however, very shortly before they started converting to ELO. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ They would have done better with an axe! - George Westinghouse on the first electric chair demo

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread David H. Adler
posting spoilers. We're really not interesting in finding out how Buffy c b*** f*** t** d*** - well not until we get to see it all next January. No problem. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! ;-) dha, counting the hours... Ooh! and I'll finally be able to see The Pack... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:42:29PM -0400, anathema wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dha, counting the hours... Ooh! and I'll finally be able to see The Pack... I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. The resident buffy fan? Ha ha ha

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-03 Thread David H. Adler
the same way. With Spielberg, I have no such expectations. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ for (('to you', 'dear '.shift)[0,0,1,0]) { print Happy birthday $_ } - perl code for wishing someone a happy birthday Courtesy of purl

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-03 Thread David H. Adler
. Anyway, I wasn't disappointed. I saw posters for that while I was over. I am *really* annoyed that it shows no sign of showing up here. :-( dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ If you want a real optimist, look up Ray Bradbury. Guy's nuts. He actually likes

Re: Interesting Numbers

2001-10-19 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 04:30:51PM +0200, Newton, Philip wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: 212 Clue: Mark Fowler should know this one It's a NYC area code. note type=historical It was, for many years, *the* nyc area code. /note dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: [Job] Possibly of interest

2001-10-19 Thread David H. Adler
great; he helped me out a lot going over code and fixing the stupid way I'd decided to OO in a CPAN release. More to the point, he's not there anymore. Went back to school, IIRC. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Do not look at the cursor! Look where

Re: happy birthday #london.pm!

2001-10-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 01:19:05PM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hang on. #london.pm and I have the same birthday? weird... So, how does it feel to be related to an IRC channel? Surely, this could give years of therapy. :-) What, I'm sure my

Late comment on the computer book thread

2001-10-21 Thread David H. Adler
them in. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ And if you are a real looney, you would read the manpage. - Abigail in c.l.p.misc

Warning: Extreme Babbling (was Re: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information)

2001-10-19 Thread David H. Adler
of the interviews themselves. Uh... I've started babbling, haven't I? I'll go away now. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ It's so hot that my color-change Crazy Straws don't change color anymore.- Allison Drennan

Re: Late comment on the computer book thread

2001-10-22 Thread David H. Adler
. Interesting value of better. Can I have some of *his* kool-aid? dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ The Teletubbies are coming to America. They must be stopped!

Re: Decisions, decisions

2001-10-22 Thread David H. Adler
consider doing so. And I've heard it before. Warning: Make sure you have a venue that will let you be there for several hours. Hypothetical hours, of course... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Shut up, listen, and dance. - Madness

Re: Late comment on the computer book thread

2001-10-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 07:18:28PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 01:05:11PM -0400, David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [stuph] Is it just me, or is everyone getting dha's posts twice? At the risk of this appearing twice, it's not just you. -- David H. Adler

Re: Classic Computer Books (Non-Perl)

2001-10-22 Thread David H. Adler
language: When a man programs, he does this and that and waves his penis proudly in the air because THERE ARE NO WOMEN HERE. It actually *says* that??? dha, trying to remember where his copy is... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I'll treasure the implied

Re: ANNOUNCE: New Heretics meeting

2001-10-24 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:40:34AM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: (who believes one day, one day, perl mongers will learn to use dates) But when will they learn how to *get* dates... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ perl -e '$_ = (join , (map (chr, (shift

Re: keyboards

2001-10-25 Thread David H. Adler
that _everything_ has a flavour. It's bloody *noodle* flavor! [wondering if you get wafers with it] *'course* you don't get wafers with it! dha, objects to the term random -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ They would have done better with an axe! - George

Re: CFT / dim sum / evening meet

2001-10-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:04:56AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: ps Greg not gonna make it, grumble, grumble Hrmph. No one complains that *I'm* not going to make it... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Your question doesn't make any sense. You might

Re: keyboards

2001-10-25 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:52:34PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 02:15:34PM -0400, David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:12:16PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:32:58PM -0400, David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote

Re: New Neighbours

2001-10-26 Thread David H. Adler
of enjoy, then... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I don't want to get bitter/I don't want to turn cruel/I don't want to get old before I have to/I don't want to get jaded/Petrified and weighted/I don't want to get bitter like you. - Jill Sobule

Re: Forwarded : Advance notice of a meeting (gasp!)

2001-10-26 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:40:58PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Dave, how come this wasnt one of our options ;-) Maybe because there are pictures of me in it, but not of Dave Cr? :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I'll keep him as an insurance

Re: Rant: Working in a vacuum

2001-10-29 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:24:56AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are various classes of stuff that gets put on CPAN: You left out 5) Mind-bogglingly stupid. :-) dha, instigator of Semi::Semicolons -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Good marriages

Re: TPJ

2001-10-30 Thread David H. Adler
that living. [ducks :-)] My plan currently is keep eye on magazine racks. If sysadmin has tpj packaged with it, buy. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Packard Bell doesn't make computers, they make elaborate paperweights. - Mark Rogaski

Re: TPJ

2001-10-30 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:14:36PM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, David H. Adler wrote: My plan currently is keep eye on magazine racks. If sysadmin has tpj packaged with it, buy. FWIW, I was pretty disappointed in the Sysadmin incarnation of TPJ that I got a month

Re: last night and ICQ

2001-11-09 Thread David H. Adler
. And *you* are...? :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Your pluck is admirable. However, arguing for a 'pure computer science' approach in the perl5-porters mailing list is somewhat like inquiring about mileage in a Maserati dealership. People are given to drop

Re: Another Good Meeting

2001-11-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:33:27AM -0800, Dave Cross wrote: I was planning to mention this last night but forgot in the excitment of getting a Sunnydale.pm t-shirt These exist now??? Did I miss an announcement? grumble grumble... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: DaemonNews, PerlMonth and TPJ

2001-11-14 Thread David H. Adler
, how, exactly? ;-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Looking at the cake is like looking at the future. Until you taste it, what do you really know? And, of course, by then, it's much too late.- Merlin, Excalibur

Re: DaemonNews, PerlMonth and TPJ

2001-11-15 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 06:50:05AM -0500, Alex Page wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:28:30PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: ~ 12:27:14$ grep -i whisk dean.msg And this is on topic, how, exactly? ;-) Since when were kitchen utensils on-topic? Actually, I was allowing for variant

Re: [BUY] t-shirts

2001-11-15 Thread David H. Adler
= 45.00 UKP 5 tshirts = 50.00 UKP I've never had this come up before... *can* you write a ukp check on a US bank? brane hurtz. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ * Nathan_Roberts screams out loud, IS THIS ENTIRE CHANNEL COMPOSED OF BOTS?!?!? TheProf Kill

Re: Another Good Meeting

2001-11-15 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 06:36:43PM +, Dave Cross wrote: London is just a state of mind :) And here I thought it was a city... dha, hiding... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Something I'm hoping to achieve is, rather than have the film look like we went

Re: Renominating our glorious leader

2001-11-20 Thread David H. Adler
didn't want to be leader any more. The reason you're confused is that you think he has any say in the matter :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ People don't buy our products because they want a 1/2 inch drill, they buy our products because they want a 1/2

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Manifesto: Paul

2001-11-27 Thread David H. Adler
is a length I'm happy with. To summarise: a vote for Paul is a vote for continuity. But only a year's worth. :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ A picture is worth several hundred thousand words... in the right haiku - Damian Conway

Re: google historical archives

2001-12-11 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:58:11AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Thus, I saw SW (not SW IV) in the theatre more times than I could count. I think I lost track around 60-ish times. Making you old. I, uh, time travel. yeah, that's it... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: JOB: Trainer Wanted

2002-01-03 Thread David H. Adler
own devising for 15 hours a week (9-12 Mon-Fri) for 12 weeks. I have a comment. They posted a request for perl and java trainers on clpmisc. Forced me to post my canned don't post job stuff here message. :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Learned? You

Re: hmmm, i was just thinking

2002-01-09 Thread David H. Adler
-- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I believe myself to be the daughter of a one-eyed space robot named Malcolm. -Fallon Young, http://www.bobbins.org/d/2915.html

Re: (void) OSCON

2002-01-11 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:46:58PM -0800, John McDonnell wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Nathan Torkington wrote: So bugger off and start submitting proposals already! onelinermove it back up to NorCal ;)/oneliner Hey! The east coast is *still* waiting, you know... :-) dha -- David H

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-18 Thread David H. Adler
-war material? :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Note that reversing a cable at BOTH ends is likely to result in perfect operation of the hardware, which is not the aim of this exercise. - How to Destroy Your Computer, http://www.dansdata.com/sbs3.htm

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-18 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 04:27:50PM +, robin szemeti wrote: On Friday 18 January 2002 15:05, David H. Adler wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 11:06:25AM +, Dominic Mitchell wrote: holy-war Python also forces you to indent consistently, which some people seem to think is a bug

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-19 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:47:53AM +, Aaron Trevena wrote: Dave, being evil is no excuse for indenting like a moonshine crazed lemur! No, I imagine doing anything like a moonshine crazed lemur is probably its own reward. Yet Another Dave -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 04:41:10PM +, David Cantrell wrote: The really sick puppies (cough) are those who nest ?: inside each other. I've seen that. I've had to *work* with code like that... It's EEVIL... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ It must

Re: Email from a cultural icon

2002-01-27 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 02:16:02PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: Notoriety in English has a negative connotation. It does? Are you sure you're not thinking of notorious[ness]? Probably the same root, but, IMO somewhat different in meaning. Otherwise, uh... name recognition? dha -- David H

Re: Email from a cultural icon

2002-01-27 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:25:11PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:09:21PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 02:16:02PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: Notoriety in English has a negative connotation. It does? Are you sure you're not thinking

Re: Email from a cultural icon

2002-01-27 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 06:47:26PM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, David H. Adler wrote: I am quite certain I've heard the phrase gained notoriety in a neutral sense, but I have no specifics handy, so I'll just go hide somewhere now. Well, it can be used in a 'positive

Re: Something for the CFT brigade

2002-02-06 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 05:27:33PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: [demented babbling] Hmm...back to Perl. And here I thought that was just your method for developing the new version of TT... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Pancakes is the better part

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread David H. Adler
. And to think that the Republicans don't believe in global warming... ;) Reagan also claimed that polution came from trees. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I didn't jump. I took a tiny step and the conclusions were right there. - Buffy

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread David H. Adler
for use in Lilliput. That only tells you how to store them, not how to eat them. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Good marriages work this way too, by the way. I love my wife differently than I did at the beginning, but I certainly don't love her any less

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #611 - 24 msgs

2002-02-20 Thread David H. Adler
. And, of course, while you're here, you *will* come to an NY.pm meeting, right? :-) Of course, I'd have to actually *scedule* one first... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ You get the idea that if Apple won a 90% market share, bought out Microsoft, and hired Bill

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #611 - 24 msgs

2002-02-21 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 11:17:55AM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:11:49AM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: And, of course, while you're here, you *will* come to an NY.pm meeting, right? :-) Of course, I'd have to actually *scedule* one first... Hey cool. So

Re: Tea (was Re: Bolloxia)

2002-02-27 Thread David H. Adler
. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ We went on holiday by mistake - Withnail

Re: Buffy - Sky 1, last night...

2002-03-08 Thread David H. Adler
a better job with the theme when it's not the focus of an episode. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I'll treasure the implied compliment. - Simon Templar

Re: Going Too Far

2002-03-19 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 07:56:31PM +, Dave Cross wrote: On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 07:01:52PM +, Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Shall I do one on SMP at the same time? Er... that's _DMP_ Sure! You weren't tech editor on that one... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Blade 2 ...

2002-03-29 Thread David H. Adler
and other pets. Be warned in advance, it's not terribly good. I disliked it thoroughly. YMMV, but if you have a brain, you may be disappointed. You could just leave it home, couldn't you? -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ We Americans stand on the shoulders

Re: penderel

2002-04-03 Thread David H. Adler
technologies than good, wholesome, life-giving porn. Mmm... porn... dha, well *someone* had to say it... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ They would have done better with an axe! - George Westinghouse on the first electric chair demo

Re: penderel

2002-04-03 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:10:28PM -0500, anathema wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only real experience with Sun boxen has been in porn. Sounds like a sound recruitment strategy, little will attract people to new technologies than good, wholesome, life-giving porn. Mmm

Re: penderel

2002-04-04 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:44:05PM -0500, anathema wrote: the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bring it along tonight (or give us a URL for it) and we can do some statistically significant research on the matter. Research? I think that may be a euphemism... :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL

Re: P.G. Wodehouse

2002-05-10 Thread David H. Adler
the hell do I know? dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ YOU ARE NEW. THE NEW GUY IS MEAT. - vertilgo

Re: Perl IDE for Win32

2002-05-10 Thread David H. Adler
domino-like crash of my win98 system I've seen in ages. Just as a data point. :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ What is this Japanese preoccupation with the name Ken??? - Tom Servo

Re: Buffy S6E21-22

2002-05-21 Thread David H. Adler
too much trouble. Details gladly discussed soon, I hope. Yeah, all the vaguery is making me kind of blurry... :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Life is so hard, you know that sometimes it seems the good guys only win, when the bad guys leave. - The Jim

Re: Buffy S6E21-22

2002-05-21 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:02:24AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:06:11PM -0400, Mike Jarvis wrote: When do you guys get it? I won't spoil, I'll just say I have real hope for next season. It could be really good

Re: Buffy S6E21-22

2002-05-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 04:06:01PM +0200, Merijn Broeren wrote: Quoting Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): bah, we are all missing the obvious guess appearance - Alf! You're showing your age. I mentioned David Hemmings and *Greg*'s showing his age?? :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL

Re: [PUB CANDIDATE] The Sun Tavern

2002-06-12 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 01:24:31AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: p.s. Sorry, I'm pissed, I blame Dave. I take *no* responsibility for this. :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Here in silicon valley you can't hire a good dead cat for under 90K. - Dave

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Meetings in July

2002-06-20 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 01:49:39PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: Ooh! The 4th of July. Shall we all wear baseball bats and I *heart* NY t-shirts :) You mean you don't do that *every* day??? :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I shall \0x0D - Nathan

Re: tshirt details again

2002-07-05 Thread David H. Adler
involving people going to TPC? dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ ...there is NO WAY I can venture out of the house to get coffee before I have coffee. - Vertilgo

Re: Heh.

2002-07-10 Thread David H. Adler
*. Well, if you're a sick bastard like me, anyway... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ M-x induce-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - Greg Bacon

Re: ANNOUNCE: Technical meeting, Thurs 18 July

2002-07-17 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 04:30:54PM +0100, Steve Keay wrote: The Angel is a silly name for a pub :) Yes. Clearly, it should be The Buffy. ducking, dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Anybody's apt to trip. Not over a sofa! - The Lady Eve

Re: Time to declare war on Paris.pm

2002-09-23 Thread David H. Adler
for that? dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ i don't play lead. it interferes with my drinking. - Malcolm Young

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