Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Sisyphus wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Every minute of your life will >>be permanently recorded for prosperity on 100 ZB (zetta-byte) >>or 10 YB (yotta-byte) memory cells implanted under your skin >>and only the size of a pumpkin seed. >>

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Thom Randolph
  Alzheimer's disease is just an index corruption, I'm afraid. You'll still get it! Indeed, the implementation will probably have a bug ensuring that everyone with the implant will get it! -Original Message- From: "Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:29:14

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Every minute of your life will > be permanently recorded for prosperity on 100 ZB (zetta-byte) > or 10 YB (yotta-byte) memory cells implanted under your skin > and only the size of a pumpkin seed. > I can stop worrying a

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Sisyphus wrote: > In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything > at all :-) I'll save you a spot in my old folks home. :) Not to mention in addition to the 32-bit computers all being in a dump somewhere, so will the 64-biters and the 128-biters. They'll probably

RE: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Chris O
>>In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything >>at all :-) >So? If I should live so long, I'll be 90, gumming my oatmeal in the nursing home and hoping for another Packers' winning season. Well, I'll only be 55 so I should probably start working on a solution n

Re: Win32::API problems

2006-10-18 Thread Alejandro Santillan
I've tried to access the application using Win32::OLE   #!/usr/bin/perl   use Win32::OLE;   $ex = Win32::OLE->new('C:\\Program Files\\PFG\\PFGAPI\\PFGAPI.exe') or die "oops\n";   And it died miserably. Any idea?   - Original Message - From: Alejandro Santillan To: Alejan

Re: Win32::API problems

2006-10-18 Thread Alejandro Santillan
I am not completely sure if I should be using the Win32::API module for accesing the API I am trying to. In the help of the API there is the following description:   The PFGAPI is an ActiveX EXE COM object written in Visual Basic 6.  As such, it can be used in conjunction with any programming

Win32::API problems

2006-10-18 Thread Alejandro Santillan
I am trying to access the method Connect, in the  PGFAPI.exe unsuccessfully. The code is what follows:   #!/usr/bin/perl   use Win32::API;use Win32::Process;   #first I check that I am able to create the process: Win32::Process::Create($obj, "C:\\Program Files\\PFG\\PFGAPI\\PFGAPI.exe",  

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Deane . Rothenmaier
>In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything >at all :-) So? If I should live so long, I'll be 90, gumming my oatmeal in the nursing home and hoping for another Packers' winning season. Deane Rothenmaier Systems Architect Walgreens Corp. 847-914-5150 "Truth is e

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Craig Cardimon
Sisyphus wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Craig Cardimon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > . > . >> I thought we were immortal > > Yep, we *were* but only for a little while :-) > > Cheers, > Rob Shhhkeep your voice down. [Gesticulating wildly]. SOMEONE might hear you. Craig

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "Craig Cardimon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . . > I thought we were immortal Yep, we *were* but only for a little while :-) Cheers, Rob ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To un

Re: Parallel Port module

2006-10-18 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:04 PM Subject: Re: Parallel Port module > Sisyphus wrote: . . > > Which module ? There's nothing mentioned in PREREQ_PM in the Makefile.PL. > > I think it uses Win32::API which also

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Craig Cardimon
Sisyphus wrote: > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > . > . >> I'd >> expect to see them only in museums by then--being used as paperweights, >> door-stops, etc. >> > > In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything > at all :-) > > Cheers, >

Re: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . . > I'd > expect to see them only in museums by then--being used as paperweights, > door-stops, etc. > In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything at all :-) Cheers, Rob __

RE: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Joe Discenza
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote, on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:06 AM    What makes you think there'll still be 32-bit machines around in 2038. I'd expect to see them only in museums by then--being used as paperweights, door-stops, etc.   Isn't that what they said in the 60s? "No w

RE: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Deane . Rothenmaier
Just in (last name  =~  /^Case$/ ?), What makes you think there'll still be 32-bit machines around in 2038. I'd expect to see them only in museums by then--being used as paperweights, door-stops, etc. Deane Rothenmaier Systems Architect Walgreens Corp. 847-914-5150 "Truth is eternal, knowledge

Re: Parallel Port module

2006-10-18 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Sisyphus wrote: > > From: "Spencer Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Greetings perl-win32-users, >> >>I am hoping to use the parallelport drv module by Scott Penrose which >>is available from CPAN. I want to use it on windows and it seems to >>require a separate win32 module. > > Which module ? Th

Re:

2006-10-18 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "Spencer Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:13 AM > Greetings perl-win32-users, > > I am hoping to use the parallelport drv module by Scott Penrose which > is available from CPAN. I want to use it on windows and it seems to > r