Re: Why Python's is not my favorite REPL

2008-06-09 Thread Rory McCann
H.Merijn Brand wrote: Ctrl-C also refuses to quit python: $ python Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 10 2008, 18:00:49) [GCC 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. ^C KeyboardInterrupt I think that's a good thing. If you want to stop

Re: Pidgin Help Menu

2008-05-23 Thread Rory McCann
Smylers wrote: Not knowing which I wanted, I chose each of them. The first opened this page in my web browser: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin If the second did anything at all then I'm yet to discover what it is. The second one opens https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ha

Re: krashing krap

2008-04-28 Thread Rory McCann
Peter da Silva wrote: So are "install" and "INSTALL" the same file? What about "ınstall" and "İNSTALL"? Does it matter what locale you're in? How about german "ß" and "SS"? I agree. The filesystem should not attempt to change names. Are "cafe" and "café" the same word? The Englishman says yes

Re: my(sql) setup agony

2008-01-11 Thread Rory McCann
oot access and setup passwords? Storing the access rights of a database *IN THE DATABASE*? Please, just shoot me. See also: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/11/11/installing-mysql-on-ubuntu Rory McCann

Re: Yet another online banking hate

2007-12-16 Thread Rory McCann
Robert Rothenberg wrote: > Didn't "decimalisation" happen sometime in '71? It's not like I have to pay > bills in combinations of guieas, crowns, pounds, shillings, and pence. I encountered something similar. I was helping my mother pay her yearly bin charges online. It was about €200. The interf

Re: Banking web sites

2007-12-10 Thread Rory McCann
num...@deathwyrm.com wrote: > Mine does the same thing. Minimum 6 characters, maximum 8. Huh? > The only reason I can think of for this is frightening... > They DON'T hash our passwords, rather, store them plaintext/obscured. > And long passwords eat DB space. > Scary concept for a bank. Also what