Re: Coming to London
On 30 Jul 2009, at 22:16, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: No, like Paris, London closes and goes off to Margate. Cut it out, he's being nice. Yes, there will be people here. Call some sort of event. I myself will be back here on Sunday. --James
Re: Coming to London
On 30 Jul 2009, at 19:30, David H. Adler wrote: I'm going to be in London the weekend following YAPC::EU. Is anyone going to be around? No, like Paris, London closes and goes off to Margate. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Coming to London
I'm going to be in London the weekend following YAPC::EU. Is anyone going to be around? dha -- David H. Adler - - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ "I have no idea what that is. Thank goodness we didn't order three!" - some nameless induhvidual quoted in Dilbert Newsletter 31.0
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On 30 Jul 2009, at 14:56, Christopher Jones wrote: So, the complete opposite of the original Mac/PC ads then 1. Mitchell and Webb are professional comedians and can make a menu sound funny. 2. PC's suck and deserve to be belittled. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On 30 Jul 2009, at 14:34, Joel Bernstein wrote: On 30 Jul 2009, at 14:23, Peter Corlett wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:59:47PM +0100, Denny wrote: [...] Sign: YOU CAN EARN $$$ WITH PERL!! JAPH: *places sticker reading 'WRITE' over 'EARN'* JAPH: *writes underneath* ...and it will compile and run. Well, that's the first one that's actually amusing enough to make me grin. I think what's particularly nice here is that it doesn't seem to be a joke at another group's expense. This script would be harder than some of the others to construe negatively. As Perl programmers we ought to know from personal experience the negative impacts of (being seen as) spreading FUD. It's essential, I feel, that the output of this nice marketing idea gives a mature impression to people who see the videos. So, the complete opposite of the original Mac/PC ads then Chris
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Paul Makepeace wrote: I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord knows, there's enough scope for that. not really fun but quite obvious since a lot of you are going to be at YAPC:EU next week. perl.en: Hi, my name is perl perl.fr: Salut, mon nom est perl perl.de: Hi, mein Name ist perl perl.pt: Oi, meu nome é perl and so on until youve exhausted the possibilites all: there is more than one way to do it! -- Bob Walker http://london.randomness.org.uk - http://tech.randomness.org.uk http://londonstairs.co.uk - http://londonjoinery.com Stairs and doors are obstacles to overcome on the way to ale and food
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On 30 Jul 2009, at 14:34, Joel Bernstein wrote: Well, that's the first one that's actually amusing enough to make me grin. I think what's particularly nice here is that it doesn't seem to be a joke at another group's expense. This script would be harder than some of the others to construe negatively. As Perl programmers we ought to know from personal experience the negative impacts of (being seen as) spreading FUD. Well said. They should be gently self deprecating I think. -- Andy Armstrong, Hexten
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Paul Makepeace wrote: I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord knows, there's enough scope for that. (guy in t shirt)Hi I'm Perl (guy on trampolene) Hi I'm Befunge . . -- Michael ~~~ Michael John Lush PhD Tel:44-1223 492626 Bioinformatician HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee Email: h...@genenames.org European Bioinformatics Institute Hinxton, Cambridge URL: http://www.genenames.org ~~~
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On 30 Jul 2009, at 14:23, Peter Corlett wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:59:47PM +0100, Denny wrote: [...] Sign: YOU CAN EARN $$$ WITH PERL!! JAPH: *places sticker reading 'WRITE' over 'EARN'* JAPH: *writes underneath* ...and it will compile and run. Well, that's the first one that's actually amusing enough to make me grin. I think what's particularly nice here is that it doesn't seem to be a joke at another group's expense. This script would be harder than some of the others to construe negatively. As Perl programmers we ought to know from personal experience the negative impacts of (being seen as) spreading FUD. It's essential, I feel, that the output of this nice marketing idea gives a mature impression to people who see the videos. /joel
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:59:47PM +0100, Denny wrote: [...] > Sign: YOU CAN EARN $$$ WITH PERL!! > JAPH: *places sticker reading 'WRITE' over 'EARN'* > JAPH: *writes underneath* ...and it will compile and run. Well, that's the first one that's actually amusing enough to make me grin. Give that man a beer!
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 15:04, Bob Walker wrote: > perl5.8: Hello my name is perl five point eight > perl5.8: far too long lets try this > perl5.8: hi my name is perl5.8 > perl5.8: still to long! > perl5.8: hi im perl5.8 > perl5.10: dude, just say hi perl5.005_03: don't you mean 5.008? Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Paul Makepeace wrote: I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord knows, there's enough scope for that. perl5.8: Hello my name is perl five point eight perl5.8: far too long lets try this perl5.8: hi my name is perl5.8 perl5.8: still to long! perl5.8: hi im perl5.8 perl5.10: dude, just say hi can you see what i did there :) -- Bob Walker http://london.randomness.org.uk - http://tech.randomness.org.uk http://londonstairs.co.uk - http://www.westcountrystairs.co.uk Stairs and doors are obstacles to overcome on the way to ale and food
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Donato Azevedo wrote: > > Im not really creative, Nor were the original adverts. In fact I'd say you're doing somewhat better than the original adverts. --James
Re: Tricky localization/scope question
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 02:20:40AM -0700, Randy J. Ray wrote: > Struan Donald wrote: > > * at 27/07 17:01 -0700 Randy J. Ray said: > >> So, let's assume there's a module called "Test::Without"[1] > > I'm not sure if you've seen it but there is a Test::Without::Module > > already on the CPAN that does the file part of what you want. > Alas, it lacks lexical scoping. Moreover, how it does things is even hackier > than what I have in mind :-). Still, room for one more. TIMTOWTDI, and all > that... There's also Devel::Hide. That can also hide modules from child processes which is useful for testing, eg, scripts that you distribute with your code. -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Hail Caesar! Those about to vi ^[ you!
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 09:49 +0100, Paul Makepeace wrote: > I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and > well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord > knows, there's enough scope for that. Sign: YOU CAN EARN $$$ WITH PERL!! JAPH: *places sticker reading 'WRITE' over 'EARN'* JAPH: *writes underneath* ...and it will compile and run. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Paul Makepeace wrote: > I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and > well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord > knows, there's enough scope for that. Perl: Yarble garble yata yata yata foo bar Perl (instants later): JAPH Perl: but obfuscated Perl: Hi, I'm Perl! Java (guy standing awckwardly still): W a i t, Im collecting garbage! Perl (sighs and walks off) Java (guy resuming...):As I was just saying Y2K is rally gonna get us! Perl: Hi I'm Perl! Java: Hi I'm Java! Perl: What's with the orange jump suit? Java: I'm off to collect some garbage, see you in two to twelve weeks... Im not really creative, but someone may want to work on these... Cheers! -- Donato Azevedo
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
- Original Message > From: Chisel Wright > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 08:26:30AM -0700, Ovid wrote: > > Python (Japanese): I'm Ruby. > > Why is Java pretending to be someone else? Er, how the heck did I miss that? Evidently my attempting to figure out how to downgrade Perl on Ubuntu has led to me hallucinating. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog- http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 08:26:30AM -0700, Ovid wrote: > Python (Japanese): I'm Ruby. Why is Java pretending to be someone else? -- Chisel Wright e: chi...@herlpacker.co.uk w: http://www.herlpacker.co.uk/ Maybe we 'should 'start putting an apo'strophe before every 's we ever u'se
London social meetings/dim sum/drinks or something on the 1st and 14th August?
G'day everyone, Jacinta and myself will be arriving in London late tomorrow (23:00, 31st July, Stansted airport) before flying off to Lisbon first thing Sunday morning (07:10, 2nd August, Luton airport). We're planning to catch up with some friends for lunch on the 1st and spend some of the afternoon exploring your lovely city. We're also hoping to catch up with as many of you as available for dim sum or other meal option in the early evening. We'll have our bags with us (1 backpack each, plus laptops), so if anyone has any suggestions on where we might find lockers to store them then that would be awesome. I'm hoping that we may have some luck where we get off (and later on) the easybus at Baker Street, but a confirmation would be appreciated. After YAPC::EU and a lightning tour of the very western parts of Europe we'll be back again in London on the evening of the 14th (arriving at Kings Cross Station at 17:15). If anyone is up for another social that evening, we'd love to share a meal and/or some cider with you again before we start the very long flight home leaving early the next morning. So, if you're available to catch up with us on the evenings of the 1st and/or 14th August, then let myself (or the list) know, and we'll be glad to see you. Looking forward to seeing you soon, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia| Fax: +61 3 9354 2681
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > 2009/7/29 Ovid : >> Python (Japanese): I'm Ruby. "Python: I'm Ruby." Shouldn't that be "Perl 6: I can be Ruby." ** I think this is a great idea, and would be much, much funnier (and well received) if Perl spent some time poking fun at itself. Lord knows, there's enough scope for that. Paul (will ponder)
Re: Straight Jackets and Video Cameras
2009/7/29 Ovid : > Python (Japanese): I'm Ruby. > Perl: I'm Perl. > Python: I'm a clean, modern language. > Perl: Hey, you're Japanese. Don't you write that funny Kanji stuff? How can > you read that? > Python: Hey, it's a beautiful, expressive style of writing. It's not my fault > if you've never troubled to learn it. > Perl: My point. Except that in Kanji, there is often more than one way to do it... I imagine Python incarnated by a lawyer or something.
