Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:57:52PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:10:53PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > And how about a signal/noise bias? ;-) > > The noise *is* signal. It's signal, Jim, but not as we know it. Paul -- Destroy nothing; Destroy the most important t

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Richard Clamp
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:57:52PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:10:53PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > And how about a signal/noise bias? ;-) > > The noise *is* signal. I'll have what he's drinking. -- Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:10:53PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > And how about a signal/noise bias? ;-) The noise *is* signal. -- I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. -- Lillian Hellman

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well based on another totally unscientific sample you did :) And how about a signal/noise bias? ;-) -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Philip Newton wrote: > Paul Makepeace wrote on Donnerstag, 7. Juni 2001 13:27: > > Greg McCarroll: 1546 > ** > > Dave Cross: 762 > > Jonathan Stowe: 729 *** > >

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:03:29AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > You know, I've been meaning to ask... > > > > Why in the world would you *want* to take over NY.pm??? > > > > Because you've lost your way, there was a time that no one would e

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:59:48PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > Are these e-mail addresses? If so, does it make it possible to forward all > > 4 denials in 1 message To: all four and ask for one "joined up government" > > answer? > > http://www.thereg

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-09 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:56:20AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I don't know about you, but I'm *definitely* fat. > > > > Big boned. > > Nope. BBH, Big Beautiful Hacker? Paul -- Abandon nor

Conway's academic paper generator

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Anyone got a link to this? Ta, Dave

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:10:38PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > I complained to the UK Online helpdesk .. they deny all responsiblity > > for the thing .. but can give you helpdesk contacts for the 3 government > > agencies contained within the 'gov

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:59:48PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > Are these e-mail addresses? If so, does it make it possible to forward all > 4 denials in 1 message To: all four and ask for one "joined up government" > answer? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19340.html says the man to tal

Re: Pubs - a serious investigation

2001-06-09 Thread Alex Page
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:46:33PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > o The Doggetts Coat and Arms (by the river) It has to be said, Doggetts is a fine, fine pub. Plenty of room, not-too-loud music, nice beer... and fairly convenient for most people. Alex -- "Four pints of milk, a turkey baster and

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:10:38PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > I complained to the UK Online helpdesk .. they deny all responsiblity > for the thing .. but can give you helpdesk contacts for the 3 government > agencies contained within the 'government gateway' site .. of course they > deny all

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:26:40PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > I tend not to pay much attention to conspiracy theories. Me neither. http://linuxtoday.com/imgs/microsoft/gateway-microsoft-rationale-statement.pdf -- This process can check if this value is zero, and if it is, it does something

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, Robert Shiels wrote: > From: "Jonathan Stowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: www.gateway.gov.uk > > > > As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then > > complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser' > > (which I guess wil

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread David Cantrell
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:09:23PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:06:24PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > > So yes, the only reason for not allowing me to use it is incompetence on > > the part of whichever civil 'servants' were in charge of implementing it. > > And nothin

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:06:24PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > So yes, the only reason for not allowing me to use it is incompetence on > the part of whichever civil 'servants' were in charge of implementing it. And nothing to do with the deal struck between Microsoft and the government. No.

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread David Cantrell
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 01:54:01PM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: > From: "Jonathan Stowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then > > complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser' > > (which I guess will be more t

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Shiels
From: "Jonathan Stowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: www.gateway.gov.uk > As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then > complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser' > (which I guess will be more than half of you :) > I agree that this is pan

Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 01:27:08PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then > complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser' > (which I guess will be more than half of you :) Well done. The Reg picked this up

Re: Religion

2001-06-09 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 07:44:40PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > [google] > Yes. google++, definitely. > Its success is probably partly because it looks at how many links point to > the page. If lots of people link to site X, then site X is probably (a) Not only that, but I think it does the t

www.gateway.gov.uk

2001-06-09 Thread Jonathan Stowe
As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser' (which I guess will be more than half of you :) /J\

Re: "Perl & CGI For The World Wide Web"

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Cross
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:10:08PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Remember the discussion some months ago about what a horrible book this > > was? > > > > Well, I've been exchanging emails with the author since slagging her off >

Re: "Perl & CGI For The World Wide Web"

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Remember the discussion some months ago about what a horrible book this > was? > > Well, I've been exchanging emails with the author since slagging her off > big-time on Amazon. Somehow I've managed to make her thing that my input > is useful and I've jus

"Perl & CGI For The World Wide Web"

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Cross
Remember the discussion some months ago about what a horrible book this was? Well, I've been exchanging emails with the author since slagging her off big-time on Amazon. Somehow I've managed to make her thing that my input is useful and I've just received a copy of the second edition of the book.

Re: Upcoming technical meeting

2001-06-09 Thread Leon Brocard
Redvers Davies sent the following bits through the ether: > I'll be there... btw, has anyone heard back from the YAPC::Europe peeps > about which papers have been accepted?... or have any idea when the > list will be published. [1] Speakers will be told Real Soon Now. Registration might happen

Re: Upcoming technical meeting

2001-06-09 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 07:23:32AM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > I'll be there... btw, has anyone heard back from the YAPC::Europe peeps > about which papers have been accepted?... or have any idea when the > list will be published. [1] I had an e-mail from Ann Barcomb yesterday saying that my

Re: London.pm posting stats

2001-06-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:13:19PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > here is the results from a partial mbox of ny.pm messages, it is not > > that complete an mbox, but it does indicate that we are simply not > > doing or best to take over NY.pm >

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-09 Thread Piers Cawley
Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't know about you, but I'm *definitely* fat. > > Big boned. Nope. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com

Re: Religion (was Re: M$ SQueaLServer)

2001-06-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Philip Newton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll wrote on Freitag, 8. Juni 2001 11:11 > > And some pieces of software just wont be able to be plugged > > in - why can't i run Samba on Windows? > > Why would you want to? * in a heterogeneous network i may want to standardise on a s

Re: [Possible Job] Perl, Linux

2001-06-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know about you, but I'm *definitely* fat. Big boned. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, tech

Re: Upcoming technical meeting

2001-06-09 Thread Redvers Davies
> We'll start at about 7pm and people will be practiving TPC and YAPC::E > talks. I'll be there... btw, has anyone heard back from the YAPC::Europe peeps about which papers have been accepted?... or have any idea when the list will be published. [1] Red