Re: Fw: very funny

2001-08-09 Thread Ken Brakey
OTECTED]> > To: "Roger C Haslock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: very funny > > > How about a FAQ or message board? is there one available for newbies? Or > > would someone be willing to get one started? > &

Fw: very funny

2001-08-09 Thread Roger C Haslock
Roger - - Original Message - From: "Steve Girolami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roger C Haslock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: Re: very funny > How about a FAQ or message board? is there one available for newbies? Or >

Re: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Ryan Davis
While on the topic of good/bad questions, notice the response the MySQL question recieved. It was a very specific, well worded question, and got an overwhelming response. As far as tension, I think the culture of Perl goes against that, and most subscribers to this list also have at least a litt

Re: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Lynn Glessner wrote: > As a newbie myself, I found that page hysterical. Of course I also spent a > while working on a service desk, so I understand about how to ask questions > :) "It doesn't work" is my pet peeve too. > > I can't imagine anyone being offended, and I really d

Re: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Lynn Glessner
ension on this group. The vast majority of the "senior" posters seem very nice, far above average for newsgroups. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:03 AM Subject: NOT: very funny... --

Re: NOT: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 01:25 PM 08/08/2001 +0100, Francesco Scaglioni wrote: >I am beginning to wish I had not posted the question about parsing the >info tacked on to the url, because of all the contention it seems to >have caused. I apologise. Why do you think that all the "contention" in this thread was becaus

Re: NOT: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
I am beginning to wish I had not posted the question about parsing the info tacked on to the url, because of all the contention it seems to have caused. I apologise. I am working my way through the rat book and am implementing the news example but without using embperl (as an exercise). My erro

Re: NOT: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 11:03 AM 08/08/2001 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hey guys'n'gals, >I sense a lot of tension in the group, just chill out man, >take it easy. > >There's no need for all this agression goto alt.domination.fetish >for that sort of release. (I just made that group up so don't... >just don't

NOT: very funny...

2001-08-08 Thread tommy
Hey guys'n'gals, I sense a lot of tension in the group, just chill out man, take it easy. There's no need for all this agression goto alt.domination.fetish for that sort of release. (I just made that group up so don't... just don't ;o) As for MJD's little page of disgrace, I thought better of h

Re: very funny

2001-08-08 Thread Roger C Haslock
A masterful statement! Can we guide the beginners into classifying their problem before posting it? This might filter some of their confusion, and lead them to ask a more pertinent question. eg 1I don't know how to do this in any language 2I could do this in APL, BCPL, C, Delphi, ..., bu