Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:53:42PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > (From the POV of someone who hasn't met most of you before... I remember my > second time in Penderel's Oak, after yapc::Europe::19100 consisted of a fair > bit of "who's that chap over there" or "which one of you is Dave".) "That d

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Yeoh Yiu
"Lee Goddard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Below is the list so far: if I've missed you, please let me know off list and I'll >add you. > > If there are loads more to come, I'll do something like mapping from long/latitude, >with our man Andy Williams' db co-op. ... > our %locations = (#

Re: Hmmm...

2001-06-22 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Cross sent the following bits through the ether: > [1] Incidently, why do london.pm and (void) go bursty at the same time? There is no (void). Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software...http://www.iterative-software.com/ ... A sem

Re: Hmmm...

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > [1] Incidently, why do london.pm and (void) go bursty at the same time? Tony

Hmmm...

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Cross
So I come home this evening to find 150 new emails from london.pm[1] The vast majority of them were completely content-free. And I don't need two (void)s in my live. I contemplated unsubscribing, but came to my senses almost immmediately. Dave... [adding to the content-free stream] [1] Inciden

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread hipps
Pulled from Lee Goddard's mail (Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:20:42PM +0100): > > > [0] -- (Having one's employer go into liquidation)-- > > Oh... you know http://www.jobserve.co.uk and http://www.jobsearch.co.uk ? > I've been subscribed to the jobserve mailing list for about four years; I gue

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:20:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > Oh... you know http://www.jobserve.co.uk and http://www.jobsearch.co.uk ? I've had better luck with gisajob.co.uk - the above two seem to be a bit flaky, specially if you're using Netscape. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | h

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Alex David Shadrach Hooper wrote: > Sunny Crouch End which, for a Cornish boy who pines for the country, is > not a bad compromise. > [0] -- (Having one's employer go into liquidation)-- subscribe london-pm-originally-from-Cornwall-and-out-of-work > "Going up Cambourne

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> Pulled from Lee Goddard's mail (Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100): > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > > spoken up, please do do. > > > Home: N8 9QN > Work: ENOWORK[0] > > Sunny Crouch End which, for a Cornish boy who

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Alex David Shadrach Hooper
Pulled from Lee Goddard's mail (Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100): > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. > Home: N8 9QN Work: ENOWORK[0] Sunny Crouch End which, for a Cornish boy who pines for the coun

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
Would you mind doing that for the list I posted? I dunno what a northing/easting is, but if it's numeric, then I can equate it to the GD image. The mod will be on CPAN soon, as ACME::PM::London::Maps::Earth; # where in the world are London.pm members? in my didr (LGODDARD). Lee --- Obligatory

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Natalie Ford
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:53:25PM +0100, Barbie wrote: > If your wanting postcodes home and work: RH14 9RU -- Natalie Ford Iterative Software Ltd. http://www.iterative-software.com/ Yet Another Computer Solutions Company Ltd. http://www.yacsc.com/

Re: XML vs DBMS

2001-06-22 Thread Leon Brocard
Leon Brocard sent the following bits through the ether: > His argument basically boils down to the fact that it's hard to fit > relational info into XML or XML into a relational database. New article on the subject: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/06/20/databases.html Leon -- Leon Brocard...

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Leon Brocard
Lee Goddard sent the following bits through the ether: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where you London.pm people > are. So anyone who's not spoken up, please do do. Wow, you must be bored. If you work out the longitude and latitude (in decimal please) I can throw it throw my world map

Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
Below is the list so far: if I've missed you, please let me know off list and I'll add you. If there are loads more to come, I'll do something like mapping from long/latitude, with our man Andy Williams' db co-op. Then I'll ask Alex to put it to music. Ta. Lee --- Obligatory perl schmutter .

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
Philip Newton sent: 22 June 2001 17:52 to: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > 22397 is much nicer, mainly because it is *now* a > > > > nature reserve. > > > > > > Not sure off-hand where that is. North-east? Volksdorf sort of area? > > > > Almost: Poppenbutel, but I've spelt that incorrectly. > > A

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Andy Williams wrote: > 21077 - 53.56724839101 N 10.0180560659498 W > > Unfortunately I don't seem to have one for your home postcode That *is* home. Work was 21149. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of th

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Lee Goddard wrote: > Philip Newton wrote: > > [Please include attributions, Lee.] > > Really difficult on this Outlook thing. I do it by hand, too. Which is why my attributions have no date, as I can't be bothered to copy that, too (and it would be in German, anyway). > > *or* "D-21077 Hamburg"

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-18

2001-06-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:23:15PM +0200, Marcel Grunauer wrote: > On Friday, June 22, 2001, at 06:11 PM, David H. Adler wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:07:44AM +0200, Marcel Grunauer wrote: > >> > >> Hmm. "I don't possess blame" === "It's not my fault"? > > > > Actually, this is probabl

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
Philip Newton wrote: > [Please include attributions, Lee.] Really difficult on this Outlook thing. But look up. > Lee Goddard wrote: > > [Philip Newton wrote:] > > > Philip Newton wrote: > > > > Hamburg, Germany. > > > > > > Postcodes: home 21077, work 21149 :) > > > > > > (Or D-21077, D-2114

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Roger Burton West wrote: > On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:18:19PM -0400, Andy Williams typed: > > >By postcode > >21077 - 53.56724839101 N 10.0180560659498 W > > You're specifying that to about 2/3 of an angstrom. I think a certain > amount of variation is called for

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-18

2001-06-22 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:07:44AM +0200, Marcel Grunauer wrote: > > Hmm. "I don't possess blame" === "It's not my fault"? Actually, this is probably just an indication that the Blame Transfer Protocol has not yet been finalized. Probably an effect of writing it over a number of drinks in a caf

Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-06-18

2001-06-22 Thread Marcel Grunauer
On Friday, June 22, 2001, at 06:11 PM, David H. Adler wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:07:44AM +0200, Marcel Grunauer wrote: >> >> Hmm. "I don't possess blame" === "It's not my fault"? > > Actually, this is probably just an indication that the Blame Transfer > Protocol has not yet been finali

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:18:19PM -0400, Andy Williams typed: >By postcode >21077 - 53.56724839101 N 10.0180560659498 W You're specifying that to about 2/3 of an angstrom. I think a certain amount of variation is called for. Roger

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Philip Newton wrote: > Andy Williams wrote: > > (I can also manage longitude and latitude for our german > > subscribers) > > Indexed by postal code, or by town name? Hamburg is fairly big. > > I suppose I could try figuring it out myself by looking up a large-scale map > som

Re: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Robert Thompson wrote: > [plus it's very difficult to drive v.fast around London. Long live country > roads ;-) ] get a motorbike *maniacal grin* paul

Re: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:43:35PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Aaron Trevena wrote: > > work in avon (bristol) > > There is no avon ¹. There's the river but no county. Bristol is its own county as of the last few years (unless it was subsumed back recently). You ca

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Andy Williams wrote: > (I can also manage longitude and latitude for our german > subscribers) Indexed by postal code, or by town name? Hamburg is fairly big. I suppose I could try figuring it out myself by looking up a large-scale map somewhere. It's probably something around 53°N 10°W. Cheers

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
[Please include attributions, Lee.] Lee Goddard wrote: > [Philip Newton wrote:] > > Philip Newton wrote: > > > Hamburg, Germany. > > > > Postcodes: home 21077, work 21149 :) > > > > (Or D-21077, D-21149 from outside .de, with car > > registration country code [or whatever they call > > it] pre

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> Philip Newton wrote: > > Hamburg, Germany. > > Postcodes: home 21077, work 21149 :) > > (Or D-21077, D-21149 from outside .de, with car registration country code > [or whatever they call it] prepended.) Well, if you're being picky isn't it just Hamburg 21077 ? Works for me. N

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Ian Brayshaw
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: >I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where >you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not >spoken up, please do do. Work: SW7 4DL Home: TW10 5AB Ian _ Get You

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Richard Clyne
Home HP15 7EN Work UB8 1YH > -Original Message- > From: Lee Goddard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 June 2001 16:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Where? > > > Lee Goddard wrote: > > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > > > you London.pm people are. So any

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Barbie
> If your wanting postcodes Home: B45 9DD (Rubery) Work: B18 6NF (Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham) Barbie.

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard typed: >I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where >you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not >spoken up, please do do. Work: SW8 1RL Home: E13 9JE Roger

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Simon Wilcox
Lee Goddard wrote: > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. > Work : W1D 2SH Home : KT1 2SG -- "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
If you need them I can give you Ordinance Survey nothings and eastings for all the postcodes.. if you want to be really accurate.. (I can also manage longitude and latitude for our german subscribers) Andy Williams http://www.lampsolutions.co.uk ===

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andrew Wilson
Hi On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:12:05PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > > I hadn't replied before because I'm a very recent subscriber, I work in > > Belfast (NI) and live just outside it. > > I feel I oughta ask: would you prefer to be on the UK or World > London.pm map? I would prefer to be on the

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Mark Blackman
TN? talk about far-flung suburbs.. On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:06:04PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Mark Blackman wrote: > > > > > ok, if you insist, RG1 7NY, that's Reading for the metropolitan > > utopianists > > If we're doing post codes I'll raise you a TN34 3DE - Se

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Philip Newton wrote: > Hamburg, Germany. Postcodes: home 21077, work 21149 :) (Or D-21077, D-21149 from outside .de, with car registration country code [or whatever they call it] prepended.) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you'

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread jduncan
E1 1NZ... yes I know that makes me a sad bast*rd who pays too much rent... On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:14:56AM -0400, Andy Williams wrote: > Is your wanting postcodes > > Home: PE28 5XE (Peterborough) > Work: SE1 5NQ > > Andy Williams > http://www.lampsolutions.co.uk > =

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Simon Wilcox
Cross David - dcross wrote: > > [I'm sure that's not a word - or if it is, it's spelt wrong] > > It was mentioned to me last night that some people have been less than > impressed when turning up for their first social meeting. > > It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > > I live just south of Peterborough, but work in London (South of the river > > of course :) > > Is there life south of the river? > Of course Dave works here too...

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
Is your wanting postcodes Home: PE28 5XE (Peterborough) Work: SE1 5NQ Andy Williams http://www.lampsolutions.co.uk "Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embaressment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> I live just south of Peterborough, but work in London (South of the river > of course :) Is there life south of the river?

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > > spoken up, please do do. > > I hadn't replied before because I'm a very recent subscriber, I work in > Belfast (NI) and live just

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Tony Kennick
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:06:14 +0100 Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Blackman wrote: > > > > ok, if you insist, RG1 7NY, that's Reading for the metropolitan > > utopianists > > SE16 2DZ Sheffield Home: S10 2TG Work: S1 2BX -- Tony Kennick TechnoPhobia Limi

re: where

2001-06-22 Thread Robert Thompson
PO21 2QF - That's Aldwick near Chichester to the posh folks around here Rob -- Not really ashamed to be living in Bognor Regis... honest --- Any views expressed in this message are those o

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> Lee Goddard wrote: > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > > spoken up, please do do. > > I don't know whether I previously mentioned my place of abode: Hamburg, > Germany. Dunno what your musical taste is, but the Keiser Keller is

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Simon Wistow
Mark Blackman wrote: > > ok, if you insist, RG1 7NY, that's Reading for the metropolitan > utopianists SE16 2DZ -- simon wistowwireless systems coder wasted early sunday morning

RE: Test

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
No, it's not not not and I'm sorry: I got that when replying to a post to the list, and so I forwarded it to the list, and it got through. Sorry for any confusion. Lee --- Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > -Original Message- > From:

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Peter Berlin
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. > > Lee > --- > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" You've goaded one more lurk

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Robert Thompson
> From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > > > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where lon

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andrew Wilson
Hi On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. I hadn't replied before because I'm a very recent subscriber, I work in Belfast (NI) and live just outside it

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread brianr
AEF writes: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > > > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > > spoken up, please do do. > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm members are, > say, in orbit. > >

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Andy Williams
I live just south of Peterborough, but work in London (South of the river of course :) Andy Williams http://www.lampsolutions.co.uk "Step up to red alert.Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm > > > > members are, > > > > say, in orb

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Struan Donald
* at 22/06 15:47 +0100 AEF said: > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm > > > members are, > > > say, in orbit. > > > > It could plot the ground track in real time >

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Robert Thompson
> From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm > > > members are, > > > say, in orbit. > > > > It could plot the ground track in real time > >

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Mark Blackman
ok, if you insist, RG1 7NY, that's Reading for the metropolitan utopianists On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. > > Lee > --- > Obligatory perl sch

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: > > From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm > > members are, > > say, in orbit. > > It could plot the ground track in real time around Neptune. Tony

RE: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Robert Thompson
> From: AEF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm > members are, > say, in orbit. It could plot the ground track in real time Rob --- Any views expressed in this message are thos

Re: Test

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:34:49PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe typed: >But this looks like a DNS problem doesnt it ? Probably, yes... it's still a failure message going to the list though... nah, I'm just feeling bloody tired and hot and in a bad mood today. Find me a java programmer or a per

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. This seems insufficiently general for cases where london.pm members are, say, in orbit. Tony

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > > > > > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: > > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > > > > That's no good, even I can see w

Re: Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Lee Goddard wrote: > I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where > you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not > spoken up, please do do. I don't know whether I previously mentioned my place of abode: Hamburg, Germany. (I wonder what you should put for Damian: a plane somewhere in the middle

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:52:51AM -0400, Alex Page typed: > >On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > >> Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/; > >Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like honey, ones who > >steal picnic baskets or a typo? > > s/a/e/

Where?

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
I'm so bored I'm doing the world map of where you London.pm people are. So anyone who's not spoken up, please do do. Lee --- Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a > > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams? > > I nominate Greg to run the pub quiz at the next social meet. Wh

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread brianr
Lee Goddard writes: > > > > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: > > > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > > > > > > That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it... > > > > You mean: > > > > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e l

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams? I nominate Greg to run the pub quiz at the next social meet. What with him being a gentleman of leisure and so having t

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Johnson > > Sent: 22 June 2001 15:43 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Cliqueiness > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 22 J

Re: Test

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:53:58PM +0100, Lee Goddard typed: >This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: > >The following destination addresses were unknown (please check >the addresses and re-mail the message): > >SMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Please reply to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Steve Mynott
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk > to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem > to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat > properly to 4 or 5 people aorund you. yes this is

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:52:51AM -0400, Alex Page typed: >On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: >> Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/; >Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like honey, ones who >steal picnic baskets or a typo? s/a/e/;

Test

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: The following destination addresses were unknown (please check the addresses and re-mail the message): SMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you feel this message to be in error.

RE: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Jeffries, Mark
Spoken like a true west countryman. Mark. > -Original Message- > From: Mark Fowler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 June 2001 14:44 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: headers > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Aaron Trevena wrote: > > > used to live in london, now live in

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Alex Page
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote: > > > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. > Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/; Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like hone

Re: Next social meeting, 2001-07-05

2001-06-22 Thread Steve Mynott
Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Further details (if any are needed; the only one I can think of is > whether Greg's going to turn up halfway through the afternoon to get a > headstart) nearer the time. This could lead to pub beer supply "issues" by early evening unless the pub keeps par

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Johnson > Sent: 22 June 2001 15:43 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cliqueiness > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wro

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF typed: >On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: >> Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: >> perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it... Yeah, it prints out Can't find st

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > > > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" > > That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it... You mean: Can't find strin

RE: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Mark Fowler
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Aaron Trevena wrote: > used to live in london, now live in wiltshire (bradford on avon) and > work in avon (bristol) There is no avon ¹. Later. Mark. ¹ Really. -- s'' Mark Fowler London.pm Bath.pm http://www.twoshortplanks.com

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread AEF
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote: > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig: > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}" That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it... Tony

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> > > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a > > > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams? > > > > Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, reading out > > > apologies and introducing new people. > > Some of us are shy retiring types, and this may actually

Re: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 22 Jun 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Aaron Trevena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > used to live in london, now live in wiltshire (bradford on avon) and work > > in avon (bristol) > > Fancy a Bath perlmongers meet? was going to suggest one, but need to sub to the bath.pm list in order to do

Re: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Aaron Trevena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > used to live in london, now live in wiltshire (bradford on avon) and work > in avon (bristol) Fancy a Bath perlmongers meet? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Barbie
> > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a > > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams? > > Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, reading out > > apologies and introducing new people. Some of us are shy retiring types, and this may actually put people of

Re: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > I lived by the seaside as I was growing up. Moved to London to got to > > university and instantly vowed to never live at the seaside again. > > > > Like the countryside, it's a nice place to v

RE: headers

2001-06-22 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote: > I lived by the seaside as I was growing up. Moved to London to got to > university and instantly vowed to never live at the seaside again. > > Like the countryside, it's a nice place to visit but I could never live > there. That's what I think

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Struan Donald
* at 22/06 13:24 +0100 Cross David - dcross said: > From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:41 PM > > > * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a > > > new face that no-one see

RE: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:41 PM > * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a > > new face that no-one seems to be talking to, > > I don't think the seating arrangement

RE: XML vs DBMS

2001-06-22 Thread Lee Goddard
> His argument basically boils down to the fact that it's hard to fit > relational info into XML or XML into a relational database. Well, yes. > There are a thousand ways to do it, and this is the old > object-relational argument all over again. XML is good at keeping and > storing information. Th

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg wrote: > > > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk > > to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem > > to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat > > properly to 4 or 5 people

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Marcel Grunauer
On Friday, June 22, 2001, at 01:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > A pub quiz is a good idea -- however, it needs to be about something > other than perl. Good point. >> Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, readi

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Newton
Greg McCarroll wrote: > oh and how about everyone wears names badges! Good idea IMO :) (From the POV of someone who hasn't met most of you before... I remember my second time in Penderel's Oak, after yapc::Europe::19100 consisted of a fair bit of "who's that chap over there" or "which one of you

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread jduncan
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face > > that no-one seems to be talking to, > > > > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO make

RE: PUB: Dogget's Coat and Arms

2001-06-22 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:17 PM > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:03:02PM +0100, Roger Burton West wrote: > > On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:55:07AM +0100, Richard Clamp typed: > > >Hmmm, Hoegaarden > > > > Currently a quid per litre bottle in Calais.

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face > > that no-one seems to be talking to, > > > > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk >

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Richard Clamp
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face > that no-one seems to be talking to, please make an effort to bring them into > the conversation. Introduce them to some of the other members. Find out

Re: Cliqueiness

2001-06-22 Thread Marcel Grunauer
Greg wrote: > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk > to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem > to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat > properly to 4 or 5 people aorund you. Agreed (from afar). > Also how about some

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