It seems to me that almost any of the Davy's pub chain would do.
They do good food (and most serve it in the early evening) and they have
no music. They have a low selection of beers etc., but what they do
have is reasonable.
So all we need to do is find one that is central, has easy access to
No, you're getting the wrong end of the stick. The point is that if I get
something with your signature on it, and I've said that I trust you to do
the verification correctly, you may know what the Mickey Mouse in the UID
subpacket means (that eg, it means Evil Dave) and you've verified that
Hi,
as some of you may be aware, many (most?) of the mailing lists are also
gatewayed (bidirectionally, AFAIK) into newsgroups on nntp.perl.org.
What do you think of doing the same for london-list? (Or has that already
happened, perhaps?) I don't know whether the list has to go through perl.org
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:43:30AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
It seems to me that almost any of the Davy's pub chain would do.
They do good food (and most serve it in the early evening) and they have
no music. They have a low selection of beers etc., but what they do
have is reasonable.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:54:19AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
[news gatewaying]
We were thinking about doing this internally, but the one question that
popped into my head was: does this list allow postings by
non-subscribers? That seemed to be the chief block.
Chiark currently gateways
On Mon 17 Sep, Natalie Ford wrote:
- Bung Hole
57 High Holborn
Davy's Wine Bar
The Bung Hole is a pleasant old-fashioned wine bar, not much in the way of
beer, but there is a downstairs bar which I think they will let out. Mainly
populated by lawyers: Holborn is the legal centre of
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:38:29 -0400 (EDT)
Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
paid 6.50 pounds ( 10 dollars :) for a large coke once at a French
resort once[1]. Go to Canada or the US ski resorts and some places
even seem to have *cheaper* than normal prices ... and they where
cheap to
Do you see the problem now?
You just illustrated what I said :) Which I guess means we probably agree.
I'm not sure what the answer is. One answer is to make sure you have
your key uploaded to a keyserver. Thus, if someone tries to get your
key from there they will see more than one and
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:39:51AM +, Redvers Davies wrote:
Do you see the problem now?
You just illustrated what I said :) Which I guess means we probably agree.
Actually, I didn't, but whatever. :-) What I actually illustrated was why
the email is just as important as the name, which
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Lucy McWilliam quote:
On 15 Sep 2001, Chris Ball wrote:
My experience is that CS grads can be very good however most are only
about average. If you do get a programmer who has a degree in some other
subject then usually they are better than the CS student as they are
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9/17/01 8:43:30 AM
It seems to me that almost any of the Davy's pub chain
would do. They do good food (and most serve it in the
early evening) and they have no music. They have a low
selection of beers etc., but what they do have is
i'm going to continue to add links for people, if anyone sees a link
that they would rather not be associated with, please shout
also if non-irc people would like listed, feel free to ask
for those who have asked, once this becomes a reasonably full
page i'll move it to the london.pm site or
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:21:40PM +0100, robin szemeti wrote:
I've had an idea. ,!
getting keys signed is always a pain .. Why don't I set up some sort of
automated service where you just post the key to me, I sign it and send it
back ... hey I could even do it over a web interface ..
Just in case any of you thought Evil Dave was sane, he has gone
a bit Reginal Perrin and started a page problems with his journeys
on connex south,
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/hall-of-shame/
Greg
p.s.
Yes, i know this should be scribotted
Yes, i know this is
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 01:47:21PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
Just in case any of you thought Evil Dave was sane, he has gone
a bit Reginal Perrin and started a page problems with his journeys
on connex south,
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/hall-of-shame/
Yes, i know this
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:32:47PM +, Redvers Davies wrote:
And what happens when their key is comprimised?
You will see some of the most finely paid and gifted PR companies swing
into action with the greatest of ease, of course.
-Dom
--
| Semantico: creators of major online resources
A, I thought I saw him constantly changing platforms at Purley on
Thursday morning as they kept making platform alterations. First platform
6, then 4, then as the train arrives, platform 6 again.
Rob
From: Greg McCarroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Just in case any of you thought Evil Dave
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:32:47PM +, Redvers Davies wrote:
You obviously don't actually understand CAs. Thawte, at the very least,
Cor.. you are in a bad mood today ;)
check that your certificate from Companies House is valid, they correlate
this against the data you put in, and the
Is there a Win32 user out there who would be prepared to make a PPD
file of Want-0.05 for me? Most Win32 users are limited to only three
kinds of context at the moment, poor things.
.robin.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:35:00PM +0100, robin szemeti wrote:
My point in a nutshell: the CA process whilst presenting a sufficient
obstacle to legitimate companies to make them pay $lots for a signature, does
not present sufficient obstacles to a $bad_guy to prevent him obtaining a
cert,
So, the web is shit right, well at least imho. I want to buy stuff
I have to enter it in twenty different user databases, now there
are some solutions to this, off to the top of my head
* .Net- its M$ so it must be evil
* XNS.org - they are a
So what Champagne do you recommend? I know we have the great and the
good on the list and also the french (who may be actually useful
in this case). So what is the best fizz?
I prefer Veuve Clicquot, but thats me, so whats the best reasonably
priced fizz?
--
Greg McCarroll
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a wonderful life
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Rocky Horror Picture show
Highlander
Star Wars
One of the godfathers, not sure which
Moulon Rouge
and maybe the Exorcist
but
on 17/9/01 4:40 pm, Greg McCarroll wrote:
I prefer Veuve Clicquot, but thats me, so whats the best reasonably
priced fizz?
Charles Heidseck Mis En Cave 19xx - I prefer 1995 to 96, but they're all
stunning champagnes for the price.
Other possibles to consider are Pol Roger White Foil, and for
* Matthew Byng-Maddick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[Damn, I misread the subject line as Instant Massageing ...]
its ok, i have my own views about this so it might be flavoured
a little
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:36:35PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
I have to enter it in twenty different
Greg askedSo what Champagne do you recommend?
I personally like Pol Roger and Moet et Chandon. But most of the Grand
Marques are pretty uniformly good but they are all rather over priced.
For cheaper fizz try the new world or spain(Cava) or other French regions.
I like Gratien Meyer for
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a wonderful life
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Rocky Horror Picture show
Highlander
Star Wars
One of the godfathers, not sure which
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
For me the best films of all time would be,
The Rocky Horror Picture show
Highlander
One of the godfathers, NOT THE LAST ONE
but what are your top films? I ask because I feel the need to buy
some more DVDs soon.
Keeping
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9/17/01 4:40:00 PM
So what Champagne do you recommend? I know we have the
great and the good on the list and also the french (who
may be actually useful in this case). So what is the best
fizz?
I prefer Veuve Clicquot, but thats me, so whats
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9/17/01 4:41:42 PM
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a wonderful life
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Rocky Horror Picture show
Highlander
Star Wars
One of the godfathers, not sure
Monday, September 17, 2001, 11:41:42 AM, Greg McCarroll wrote:
GM but what are your top films? I ask because I feel the need to buy
GM some more DVDs soon.
Citizen Kane
--
mike
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
IMHO champagne is overrated and artificially overpriced[1]
i sometimes think along similar lines, and while i like
veuve clicquot, i realise that a similar amount can buy
you a very nice bottle of single malt or brandy
on the subject of brandy, its
Warning: this is me being (void)y on the wrong list, but it makes a
change from p*l*t*cs. Anyway, Dominic told me to.
On 17/09/2001 at 16:48 +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a wonderful life
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Rocky Horror Picture show
Highlander
Star Wars
One of the godfathers, not sure
Greg McCarroll wrote:
but what are your top films? I ask because I feel the need to buy
some more DVDs soon.
Cabaret
Delicatessen
Pele the Conqueror
Tron
Bladerunner
Alien, Aliens
City of Lost Children
The Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
The Charlie Chaplin one about Hitler (The Great Dictator?)
All
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, will wrote films (and I've added comments):
das boot - everybody dies!
fight club - mad, mad, mad...
terminator 2 - huzzah! C5 are showing it this week and have a
surprisingly good trailer for a change.
L.
If we don't get no tolls then we don't eat
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9/17/01 5:22:54 PM
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
IMHO champagne is overrated and artificially overpriced[1]
i sometimes think along similar lines, and while i like
veuve clicquot, i realise that a similar amount can buy
you a very
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:02:52PM +0100, Robin Houston wrote:
Brazil
Actually, I'm wondering whether Casablanca might be better.
Difficult call. I just hope I'm never in a burning building
with the last remaining copy of each, and only enough time to rescue
one.
.robin.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:31:34PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, will wrote films (and I've added comments):
das boot - everybody dies!
fight club - mad, mad, mad...
terminator 2 - huzzah! C5 are showing it this week and have a
surprisingly good trailer
I haven't proof read this, so please be patient and struggle
to find meaning ..
* Paul Mison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Warning: this is me being (void)y on the wrong list, but it makes a
change from p*l*t*cs. Anyway, Dominic told me to.
excellent, after all we all know that (void) is a
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:14:04PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote:
I love the Flash Gordon remake for its completely hilarious camp
cheeziness. And the Queen soundtrack.
Oh, please. It's got the crap Blue Peter presenter from the early 80s
in. And Timothy Dalton. Sheesh. Mind you, Brian Blessed
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
From: Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
For me the best films of all time would be,
Its a wonderful life
Oh, please. It's so cheesy, and that's not just because
You'll have Barry
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Andrew Wilson wrote:
You're bored aren't you Greg?
Beat me to it ;-)
The Shawshank Redemption, The Blues Brothers, True Lies, The Usual Suspects
The Princess Bride, Rocky Horror Picture Show, This is Spinal Tap
Agreed. Not saying the following are the greatest, but
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:38:24PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote:
I've got a windows box[1] and I'll have a go if you want.
I love you :-)
1) What's a PPD file? Is that like a PPM?
I think that the PPM (Perl Package Manager) installs PPD files
(no idea what it stands for)
Ah hold on. PPD is
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Agreed. Not saying the following are the greatest, but I sure find them
amusing -
The Crow
Goff ;-)
, The Matrix,
Goffish ;-)
Dark City,
Goffish ;-)
Contact,
beautiful beautiful film, but probably not as beautiful as Moulin Rouge
or
How about the worst
Godzilla (recent Hollywood version, biggest cinema arse-acher ever)
Armageddon
Bottom the Movie (what possessed me to rent this I do not know)
Deuce Bigalow (ditto)
Lethal Weapon 4
The Idiots
Anything with Eddie Izzard in it except recent vampire flick (Nosferatu?)
Anything
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:50:59PM +0100, Robin Houston wrote:
VC++ 6m if you have a recent (6xx) ActivePerl.
This isn't an obscure sub-version.
It is simply that the m key is next to the comma.
.robin.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
One of the godfathers, not sure which
Godfather Part I. Obviously.
Tony
--
--
Tony Bowden | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.tmtm.com/
all history is
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Contact,
beautiful beautiful film, but probably not as beautiful as Moulin Rouge
or American Beauty
a/k/a 2001: The Cliff Notes Version :)
I liked it, but couldn't help thinking it was just a
OK, yet another disclaimer: I'm going to reply to lots of posts in one
and thus mess up threading, rather than sending far too many messages
to the list.
On 17/09/2001 at 17:31 +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, will wrote films (and I've added comments):
das boot -
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:14:04PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote:
The Pillow Book- let's go ar(t|se)y in top British form, with bonus
low-flying jets, Ewan Mcgregor nudity, and a typically disturbing
streak (runners up in this category: The Cook, The Theif, His Wife and
Her Lover)
Ooh. Nice
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:58:17PM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
Fifth
Element,
who was the black host, he was wonderful!
Chris Turner, possibly the single most annoying person alive IMHO :)
I loved that movie except for the bits with him in it. Avoided Rush
Hour for exactly the
* James Powell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
How about the worst
good call, i nominate
The Fast and the Furious
Armageddon
you can't be serious, this was a great action/tear jerker, its
got stuff for the blokes and the little ladies ;-)
Bottom the Movie (what possessed me to rent this I do
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
Fifth Element,
who was the black host, he was wonderful!
Chris Rock, now showing in Rush Hour 2 in all god cinemas.
That's not Chris Rock! Chris Rock Chris Tucker couldn't be much more
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Chris Devers wrote:
Contact,
I liked it, but couldn't help thinking it was just a cheaply annotated
review of the (to me) much more interesting pretty 2001
:-P
Fifth Element,
who was the black host, he was wonderful!
Chris Turner, possibly the single most
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:41:42PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
but what are your top films? I ask because I feel the need to buy
some more DVDs soon.
La Double Vie De Veronique.
But I doubt you'll find it on DVD :(
Tony
--
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
Goff ;-) Goffish ;-)
You starting summat?
I did a long time ago cider drinker!
;-)
Got Danny John Jules in. Speaking of whichLabyrinth!
goff!
;-)
greg, the anti-goff also the
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:59:43PM +0100, Paul Mison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
So is anyone going to mention films from more than 10-20 years ago?
I thought I did (checks). Yeah, I did:
Annie Hall, Vertigo, The Big Sleep, Casablanca, African Queen, Breakfast
At Tiffany's.
And, of course,
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:59:29PM +0100, Tony Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:04:41AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
I recently saw both Memento and Dancer In The Dark for the first
time and they were both great.
Memento was excellent. Probably the best film I've
i might be free tommorow afternoon, does anyone fancy meeting
for lunch and/or afternoon drinks, or some such
greg
--
Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/
Monday, September 17, 2001, 1:31:13 PM, Jasper McCrea wrote:
JM Worst movie of all time:
JM Citizen Kane or the Piano. It's a toss up between these two.
Bah! Citizen Kane changed filmmaking forever. Not just from a
technical standpoint (although it did that...check out the low shot of
Kane
How about the worst
good plan.
but plain badness isn't enough. i vaguely recall a definition of
kitsch that said it has to combine badness with lofty aspiration:
that true kitsch is the result of falling tragically, abysmally short
of a grandiose vision. schadenfreude is an essential part.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 07:10:50PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote:
sci-fi film (no-one's mentioned 2001 yet, or the David Lynch version of
Dune- there was a good article about this in Sight and Sound last
month).
There's a good reason for that, they are both complete shite. 2001
totally overhyped,
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
now, i must admit, i know next to nothing about brandy,
i know that calvados is apple/cider brandy and congnac is
champagne brandy, but thats about it
any tips would be appreciated,
Some may scoff, but I'd recommend a nice 7 star bottle of Metaxa, the
On Mon 17 Sep, Greg McCarroll wrote (at least 75 messages and 3
hours ago):
now, i must admit, i know next to nothing about brandy,
i know that calvados is apple/cider brandy and congnac is
champagne brandy, but thats about it
2nd one wrong... Cognac is made further to the left and down a
On 17/09/01 17:38 +0100, Mark Fowler wrote:
robin wrote:
Is there a Win32 user out there who would be prepared to make a PPD
file of Want-0.05 for me? Most Win32 users are limited to only three
kinds of context at the moment, poor things.
I've got a windows box[1] and I'll have a go
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:22:34PM -0400, Mike Jarvis wrote:
Nick Bakai(sp?) was the best talk show second bannana ever. He was
Dennis Miller's sidekick during his short lived run in late night, and
before that he was on a show on The Comedy Channel[1] with Alan Havey.
The Havey show was
Monday, September 17, 2001, 4:52:13 PM, David H. Adler wrote:
DHA Night After Night was a *great* show. I remember the night Dennis
DHA Potter was the guest. One of the best interviews I've seen on a talk
DHA show.
Wow. You are the first person I've ever met who has heard of this
show. I
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:19:35PM +0100, Patrick Carmichael wrote:
Does this count? I know it's 14 hours long but you *can* see it all
in one go sometimes.
That was the reason I left out Das Boot. Directors cut, in German if
you please. If you need it in English, use subtitles.
--
David
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:06:02PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
I've just released a first draft of FormMail. It's at
http://www.dave.org.uk/nms/
This appears to be 404ing :-(
Neil.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:06:02PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
I've just released a first draft of FormMail. It's at
http://www.dave.org.uk/nms/
I would have put it in CVS on penderel, but it seems to be configured so
that only Greg can use it :)
Incidently, perlfaq9 says that when using
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For me the best films of all time would be,
Did this a little while ago ...
My Fair Lady
The Abyss (Director's Cut)
The Usual Suspects
Dogma
Alien
followed by ...
Twelve Angry Men
Suspect
Roman Holiday
Dr. Strangelove
Barbarella
It's A Wonderful Life
Almost forgot...
Stigmata
Shooting Fish
Meet Joe Black
Sixth Sense
Only You
The Big Country
Just Cause
In the Heat of the Night
and if I sat here long enough I could think of many more :)
Barbie.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 06:09:21PM -0400, Chris Devers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
I've just released a first draft of FormMail. It's at
http://www.dave.org.uk/nms/
Trying trying again yep: 404 not found.
You followed a broken or
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
.Net and dot.Gnu are programming language frameworks AIUI,
read Web Services Platforms :)
/J\
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
So what Champagne do you recommend? I know we have the great and the
good on the list and also the french (who may be actually useful
in this case). So what is the best fizz?
I prefer Veuve Clicquot, but thats me, so whats the best reasonably
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 07:40:43PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote:
I mean its probable that most of us are subscribed to multiple medium
volume mailing lists like this one ( though I must admit that even I
balked at perl-beginners :) and sometimes I wonder how people who dont
have the luxury
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I wonder how people who dont have the luxury of a long commute with a
laptop cope , how else do you find the time ?
There should be enough clues in the headers of this reply to answer
your question Mr Stowe,
if not please ask for additional
Just an update (which some of you already know).
Mom and Dad and I have arrived safely home, via London.
I have over 2000 emails to read.
I'm going to bed now.
best,
dave
--
David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/
Toast is just overcooked bread -
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm off for a while. I need a break for huge mail volumes.
IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOU DEAR!
I think what people really need is a long commute with a laptop everyday
;-}
I mean its probable that most of us are subscribed to multiple medium
volume
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Damian Conway wrote:
My Fair Lady
Roman Holiday
How could I possibly have omitted these two ?
/J\
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 07:10:44PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote:
Alls Quiet on the Western Front
Didn't know there was a film adaptation. As good as the book?
--
David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david
The voices said it's a good day to clean my
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