Re: Emergency social for dha on 2011-10-09 at the Anchor, SE1 9EF
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 08:36:35AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: dha is in town soon. He hails from across the pond, from the delights of New York Perl Mongers. It is traditional for us to meet him on the banks of the Thames. And so we shall. Sunday, 9 October, from 6pm Anchor pub 34 Park Street, London SE1 9EF http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Anchor%2C_SE1_9EF This is today! See you there, Leon
Emergency social for dha on 2011-10-09 at the Anchor, SE1 9EF
dha is in town soon. He hails from across the pond, from the delights of New York Perl Mongers. It is traditional for us to meet him on the banks of the Thames. And so we shall. Sunday, 9 October, from 6pm Anchor pub 34 Park Street, London SE1 9EF http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Anchor%2C_SE1_9EF See you there! Leon
Re: dha
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:38:29 -0400 (EDT) Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: paid 6.50 pounds ( 10 dollars :) for a large coke once at a French resort once[1]. Go to Canada or the US ski resorts and some places even seem to have *cheaper* than normal prices ... and they where cheap to start off with. amazing. ...and ski resport prices are usually exhorbitant by our standards... :) If food's so cheap there, it's no wonder that starving countries found terrorist organisations to bring it down!
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Lucy McWilliam quote: On 15 Sep 2001, Chris Ball wrote: My experience is that CS grads can be very good however most are only about average. If you do get a programmer who has a degree in some other subject then usually they are better than the CS student as they are thinking out of the box whereas CS students are quite often all taught Does this include physicists? Periodic boundary conditions make this sort of thinking almost impossible... Alex Gough -- Syng a song of Saxons In the Wapentake of Rye Four and twenty eaoldormen Two eaold to die . . .
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On 14 Sep 2001 23:51:09 +0100, robin szemeti wrote:
Curries: as a general rule, I find the price is inversely proportional to the
quality. I can take you to some very 'posh' curry houses that serve dishes I
wouldn't feed to the cat, and some scruffy, cheap places that serve meals you
cannot match for quality.
Entirely agreed, though perhaps because I live in Manchester - with a
mile of curry houses, the prices tend to be as low as they can be.
You'll get poppadums, a main course, rice and naan for six quid or so.
Current favourite is the 'Spicy Hut'.. for any of the ex-{man.ac,umist}
students on list, it's the first curry house as you come down from
Oxford Road. :)
~C.
--
$a=printf.net; Chris Ball | chris@void.$a | http://$a/ | ethereal:
$a:23
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On 15 Sep 2001 20:05:12 +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: Bah. You beat me to it. I was gonna say 'Rusholme!'. I did live there for 2 years. London.pm curry outing...? *adds it to the Things To Do Next Weekend list* I think I've probably offered just about as much house space as I can get away with, but if anyone feels like coming up to Manchester for the day on Saturday (or weekend, if you can find crash space) next weekend, there are a few london-pm'ers making it up to my place for London.pm Does Manchester. :) Directions not necessary. I have a soft spot for Shezans and the Naz. YKYLIRTL[1]... Mmm, Shezan's. Myself and Martin went to Spicy Hut on Tuesday, and I took another friend to the Dildar last night. I'd missed Rusholme curries so much over the Summer. :-) ~C. -- $a=printf.net; Chris Ball | chris@void.$a | www.$a | ethereal - $a:23
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On 15 Sep 2001, Chris Ball wrote: My experience is that CS grads can be very good however most are only about average. If you do get a programmer who has a degree in some other subject then usually they are better than the CS student as they are thinking out of the box whereas CS students are quite often all taught to be sheep (as in they all learn more or less the same thing). What, like bioinformaticians? L. May the schwartz be with you.
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Chris Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think I've probably offered just about as much house space as I can get away with, but if anyone feels like coming up to Manchester for the day on Saturday (or weekend, if you can find crash space) next weekend, there are a few london-pm'ers making it up to my place for London.pm Does Manchester. :) Debbie. Dallas. What? -- David Hodgkinson, Wizard for Hirehttp://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim Technical Director, Web Architecture Consultant for hire
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On 15 Sep 2001 20:37:22 +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: On 15 Sep 2001, Chris Ball wrote: My experience is that CS grads can be very good however most are only about average. If you do get a programmer who has a degree in some other subject then usually they are better than the CS student as they are thinking out of the box whereas CS students are quite often all taught to be sheep (as in they all learn more or less the same thing). What, like bioinformaticians? Hrm. I don't think I wrote that. Given that I'm a Computation undergrad, it would have been arrogant as hell. :-) ~C. -- $a=printf.net; Chris Ball | chris@void.$a | www.$a | ethereal - $a:23
dha
dha and his parents were due to fly from Dublin to NY yesterday but have, instead, returned briefly to London. He's asked if anyone would like to meet for lunch. I can't make it, but if anyone else wants to see him, he's at: 51, Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AF Tel: +44 20 7769 7766 Fax: +44 20 7233 5014 Cheers, Dave... -- Don't dream it... be it
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:55:32AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: dha ... lunch ... Buckingham Gate I strongly recommend Quillans on Buckingham Gate. It's the best curry house in the world, according to the Curry Club. It's certainly the best I've been to. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david There is no sigmonster
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:07:08 +0100 David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I strongly recommend Quillans on Buckingham Gate. It's the best curry house in the world, according to the Curry Club. It's certainly the best I've been to. The best curry I've had was from Panshi, who are on Malvern Road in Kilburn/Maida Vale. A very classy restaurant with half price before 7:30pm...
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My Indian friend took me to Lahore on Umberston Street. It's not got a drinks licence (you can bring your own) and you don't get fancy tables. But the food is awesome, not for vegetarians though. Only curry place I've been where even Indians are queuing up outside. Make sure you get the one on Umberston Road, since there are many other Lahore shops on Commerical Road are trying to cash in on its reputation. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?code=E1+1PYtitle=Clos e%20this%20window%20before%20returning%20to%20www.Tandoori.co.uk:++Lahore+Ke bab+House,+2+Umberston+Street,+E1,+London,+E1+1PY,++Tel:0207+488+2551noloca l=y - Original Message - From: Sam Vilain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: dha On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:07:08 +0100 David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I strongly recommend Quillans on Buckingham Gate. It's the best curry house in the world, according to the Curry Club. It's certainly the best I've been to. The best curry I've had was from Panshi, who are on Malvern Road in Kilburn/Maida Vale. A very classy restaurant with half price before 7:30pm...
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 05:47:42PM +0100, Sam Vilain wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:07:08 +0100 David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I strongly recommend Quillans on Buckingham Gate. It's the best curry house in the world, according to the Curry Club. It's certainly the best I've been to. The best curry I've had was from Panshi, who are on Malvern Road in Kilburn/Maida Vale. A very classy restaurant with half price before 7:30pm... Half-price is good. Quillans is rather expensive for a curry house. A starter + main course + beer + tea comes to something like 35 quid per person. But the food is top-notch, the service excellent, etc. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H. L. Mencken
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 08:12:22PM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote: My Indian friend took me to Lahore on Umberston Street ... Write a review for the website :-) -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, robin szemeti wrote: Curries: as a general rule, I find the price is inversely proportional to the quality. I can take you to some very 'posh' curry houses that serve dishes I wouldn't feed to the cat, and some scruffy, cheap places that serve meals you cannot match for quality. Same here. Best Indian food I've ever had was at a tiny place in Greenwich Village -- ...not far from you know where :( -- where four or five of us were able to have appetizers, entrees, drinks, dessert for under $20 or $25 bucks (x 1.5 or so for pounds? 30 or 40 pounds or so?). Amazing. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:51:09PM +0100, robin szemeti wrote: Curries: as a general rule, I find the price is inversely proportional to the quality. In general I'd agree. But there are exceptions. Quillans is expensive and good. Nazrul 2, on one of the side streets off Brick Lane, is cheap and shit. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david This is a signature. There are many like it but this one is mine.
