On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:46:06 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Bach)
wrote:
> Thanks much. I thought there might be related technique for getting a
> rand element from an array, but we know the array length so ... this
> (from above) did help w/ my getting all the elements in a random order, i.e.
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 23:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Apologies to London.pm.
> I'm a little embarrassed to admit that the one time I
> watched the show I was so distracted by the obvious
> feminine charms of the female lead, Sarah Michelle-Gellar,
> that I was rendered incapable of foll
Dave Cross wrote:
> And whilst I'd like to thank you for your help in bringing the
> importance of Buffy in Perl Mongers culture to a wider audience,
> I'd like to add my voice to those objecting to your characterisation
> of the show as a "sitcom".
>
> It really is so much more :)
Apologies to Lo
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Ian Phillipps wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 at 11:31:39 -0600, Andy Bach wrote:
> > Okay, would the maths folk like to offer a helpful explanation?
> > -- Forwarded message --
> > How do I select a random line from a file?
>
> See also
> http://groups.google.
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Scott R. Godin wrote:
>
> Elapse.pm is a very simple class with one method: lapse.
>
> Basically, the lapse method 'eats the brains' of the variable,
> squirrels away whatever value it may have held internally,
> (much like space aliens are known to do in the movies), and a
"Scott R. Godin" wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johan Vromans) wrote:
>
> > "Scott R. Godin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > has anyone implemented a 'better version' of the vacation program for
> > > themselves?
> >
> > From your message it is not quite c
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johan Vromans) wrote:
> "Scott R. Godin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > has anyone implemented a 'better version' of the vacation program for
> > themselves?
>
> From your message it is not quite clear whether your goal is to have
> an im
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 at 11:31:39 -0600, Andy Bach wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Okay, would the maths folk like to offer a helpful explanation?
> -- Forwarded message --
> How do I select a random line from a file?
See also
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=xn9zo7tvb5h.fsf%40owl.doc.ic.
If anyone still has any doubts on this, then repeat the experiment several
times taking the sum of two consecutive line numbers returned. The
distribution of the sums should be Gaussian if the line numbers returned
are random.
The attached plot shows the distribution for 18166 iterations over a
"Scott R. Godin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> has anyone implemented a 'better version' of the vacation program for
> themselves?
>From your message it is not quite clear whether your goal is to have
an improved vacation program, or do you want an intelligent mail
filter? For the latter, try
> "KCI" == Keith C Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KCI> Be very careful with any solution you implement. For the vast
KCI> majority of spam, the From: address has nothing to do with the
KCI> real sender or any open relay used. Complaining to the
KCI> postmaster there just annoys
11 matches
Mail list logo
