Re: Candidates' attitudes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My final thought: can't someone just clone Dave (Cross) for the new leader? We did but Dave(2) isn't out of nappies yet. aef
Re: The Naughty List
Mmm, Web Site Management with Perl (or something similar) is mine. I did start writing a review, but the book wasn't really about what I thought it'd be about based on the title, so ELACKOFMOTIVATION. My current plan _is_ to write a full review within the next month or two, but if anyone really wants it, please send me your postal address. aef
Re: DBI, MySQL, locking, and confusion
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good DBH: 1 > Evil DBH: 1 > > -- > > Shouldn't the second one print 0, for timeout? (See Random idea: are you using Apache::DBI? If so you may be getting the same dbh in both cases due to caching. aef
YAPC Europe 2002 photos
http://2799.org/photos/geek/yapc_europe_2002/ - aef
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pubmeet Tues 11 June: Princess Louise, High Holborn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Emergency pubmeet tomorrow to check out yet another potential social > venue. Our glorious leader wants one for July. So we are going to > the Princess Louise on High Holborn from 5:30pm on Tuesday 11 June. Bah, I wanted to send this earlier, but couldn't. demon-- I've been there with grue and Elthek. It seemed quite nice, decent sandwiches. ISTR grue saying that accessibility of the ladies' toilets was poor, though. I also seem to remember that a certain other group of people meet there, but ICBW... aef/Tony
Re: Football is all in the Mind (Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2002-05-27)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:08:36PM +0100, Andy Wardley wrote: > This is related to the Inner (Skiing|Tennis|pick-your-sport) techniques: > distract the consious (self-critical, nagging, pessimistic, ...) part > into worrying about else (e.g. looking/sounding stupid) leaving the rest > of body and brain get on with learning. > > > To avoid this, one technique is to practice in your mind. Once you have > > a basic understanding of the techniques involved, you can literally > and enough physical > ability: I practiced flying like Superman for years without any > improvement :-( Ahh! Looking stupid! *That's* what Superman's costume is for... aef/Tony
Re: -tap tap tap-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is this thing on? /me waits for thr 47 replies saying "No!". aef (Repost because first one sent from wrong address).
Re: Fwd: [cam.pm] CPMBOPPC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought the slavering hordes of london.pm might like to have a look at this, >despite the fact claiming your prize may be slightly tricky. Damn, now you've increased my competition! :) aef
Tower of London this weekend
Ok, short notice, but: Having seen the documentary series, I've decided I want to visit the Tower of London at some point; is anyone interested in having a wander around this weekend (either tomorrow or Sunday)? The plan would be to meet at noon, stroll around and look at stuff for a few hours, then retire for beer and/or food somewhere. Tickets are 11.50ukp[1], it's open until 6pm (last admissions at 5pm). Nearest tube is Tower Hill. If interested please reply saying which day(s) you can do it and, if both, which one you prefer. If a couple of other people can commit, we'll probably go ahead. (Unless there's overwhelming interest in doing it some other time.) aef/Tony [1] 8ukp if you're provably unemployed
Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One idea might be to do a very slow ``pub crawl'' along the river, > during the summer months that way everybody is happy at least one of > the months. The Anchor fans get to mourn what has become of their once > beloved pub (I still havent been), the youngs fans get to enjoy their > double chocolate stout, and so on. While this would have some advantages, I think it might reflect over-optimism about the ability of people to be in the right place at the right time under these changing conditions. aef
Re: [OT] Credit cards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ignoring the grumpiness aspect, he does have some good advice in as I've replied off-line rather than bickering about it here. > much as uk.finance is very good for this sort of question. I > occasionally read it at the minute for mortgage reasons and its proved > very enlightening. I'll take a look, thanks. Mostly looking for "is not incompetent", unlike the people behind the NatWest CC I used to have. aef (Maybe it'll put my name on _this_ mail properly.)
[OT] Credit cards
Ok, I'm looking for a credit card with a 0% rate on balance transfers for n months for some n >= 6. Being able to manage it over the web would be very good too. I already have an Egg card, so aside from that, any recommendations? (Hopefully a sensible From: name on this one...) aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Er, with my aforementioned weekend activities, that time might only be a > couple of years away. (rocket science)++ So, if you folk could design a > london.pm satellite, what would it do (no biological payloads please, I > dread to think what would happen to camlehumps in zero G) A large sign, readable from Earth, which says: SPACE IS MY BITCH We might all have to hide from muttley after that, though... aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh I carry a backup of course, a pound from the gadget shop for a > watchstrap one that goes on my keyring. But the combo toy allows me to > project a bearing visually, then find that line at any arbitrary distance Yeah, I've got one of those little keyring Rectas on my rucksack strap. First one developed a bubble after about a year, so I replaced it with another. I have a mirror-sighting compass for bearings and map use. I can always use that bearing with the GPS, though it's less convenient. > coming at it from another angle. Dead handy for my weekend activities. Oo-err :) > If I cared that much, I'd have a horizon watcher on the roof... Well, when the cost comes down we'll have to have a lpm satellite... aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > GPStoys++ (mine's got a proper static compass) but it only helps if your Ah, I carry a separate compass (don't carry my GPSR most of the time). More redundancy, flexibility, don't have to replace both if one breaks. > office window is pointing in the right direction to see the flash. Acres > of glass around here - just a shame most of it faces the next building > along, which is several metres away. Surely you can correct for reflection and refraction? :) aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Or combine the two methods, use maths and a bit of fuzziness to draw the > circles, then when you get 3 points that coincide with each other, but > don't coincide with the previously established centre, mark it as a second > centre. It's a fair bit more programming work, but this is a programming > list, not a cognitive science one. You could also allow people to specifiy an approximate bearing to the flash and mark that as a line or arc, too. I mean, I can't be the only one in lpm who usually carries a compass. Ok, I suppose I can. This could later be combined with an "it is raining/snowing/ sunny here" type weather map. aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One possibility would be, instead of trying to computationally > derive the location of each storm, to simply draw circles on > the map centered at the position of each observer and of the > range indicated by the flash/bang difference. The viewer > These circles could fade in colour over time to expire data > and give people an idea of storm movements. Oh, the _other_ advantage of this, of course, is that you could add Spectrumish sound effects and it'd be a bit like the map in the NORAD when WOPR tries to convince the USians that they're under nuclear attack (in War Games). Except slower and not on a big wall-screen. aef
Re: approximate triangulation of multiple sources
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What happens if there are 2+ `storms' (or storm centres or whatever you > want to call them). If they are nice and far apart, e.g. 5+ miles, you > can be confident that the readings won't get too badly munged as sound > starts to fade about that distance. However can anyone suggest a > general algorithm for identifying which readings are related? At the > minute I'm playing around with the idea of trying to get storm > hotspots that are not near to each other and then just attributing > readings to the ones that fit best. Yes, this method of storm tracking gets discussed every time thers is one :) One possibility would be, instead of trying to computationally derive the location of each storm, to simply draw circles on the map centered at the position of each observer and of the range indicated by the flash/bang difference. The viewer could then use their on-board wetware to draw their own conclusions. This would also have the advantage of providing something to watch even if there's only a couple of observers (not enough to get a fix), and would be more useful than calculated positions which might be quite wrong (it would also give you an idea of the expected error). These circles could fade in colour over time to expire data and give people an idea of storm movements. aef
Re: Querying Apache's configuration
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has done this before: some way or API for a > non-Apache process to find out about a server's configuration. For > example, all the virtual hosts being served, the ServerAdmin for a > particular served site, etc. Never done this, but is the -S option to httpd of any use to you? aef
Re: YAPC::E Auction (was Re: Advert : Apple Base Station)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm doing the auction again, as for the singing, i don't think i'll > let people off that easily this year. There's an auction? Auctioning things to drunk people really isn't fair, you know... aef
