Class::Contract

2001-12-09 Thread Tim Sweetman
Q: How many OO Perl programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A: HASH(0x870bf8) Following a piece of debugging recently which inspired me to compare certain programmers' styles to the effect on a steel structure of bagging one of Ripley's bad guys[1], I wondered if anyone's tried out Damia

Re: The Geek Syndrome

2001-12-09 Thread Tim Sweetman
> > > Mister President! We cannot allow a mine shaft gap! Chris Devers wrote: > Like greg said, it' "Dr Strangelove". Near the end of the movie, the good > Herr Doktor makes a strategic proposal very similar to the one above, with > the note that a small population can survive in mine shafts thro

Re: The Geek Syndrome

2001-12-09 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Mister President! We cannot allow a mine shaft gap! > > > > Ya what? > > It is a quote from "Dr Strangelove", however the only reason I > remembered the line is that I watched it about 2 weeks ago, befo

Re: The Geek Syndrome

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > had to sit on the front row of the largest cinema in Cambridge. And did Well I always go and sit at the front row of cinema's, it means I have room to stretch my legs and also there is no one in front of me to spoil my immersion. However, I think I k

Re: The Geek Syndrome

2001-12-09 Thread Anthony Fisher
Tim Sweetman wrote: > Mostly I end up spending time in the "geek-friendly" zone - amongst > people who, if not necessarily geeks, value intelligence/originality/etc > in general. Those with a broad enough outlook that they don't usually > make statements like "geeks can't form long-term relations

Let meeeeee-eeeeeee entertain you

2001-12-09 Thread David Cantrell
I rather fancy giving myself an early christmas pressie and going to see the Lord of the Rings. No doubt several others here do as well. So how about booking a bunch of tickets for the opening night. I'll book 'em, just mail me off-list if you want to go. If I can't get tickets for $big_cinema

Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Dave Cross
Here is the list of books that I got in the last bumper bundle from O'Reilly. Next to them are the names of the people who had claimed them. I'll bring thme along to the social meeting on Thursday if you email me and tell me that you'll be there (I don't intend to carry along books for people who

Re: Let meeeeee-eeeeeee entertain you

2001-12-09 Thread Dave Cross
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 05:50:27PM +, David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I rather fancy giving myself an early christmas pressie and going to see > the Lord of the Rings. No doubt several others here do as well. So how > about booking a bunch of tickets for the opening night. I'll

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * XSLT - Dave H This one's coming back for a re-review ;-) -- David Hodgkinson, Wizard for Hirehttp://www.davehodgkinson.com Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Deep Purple Family Tree news h

Re: Let meeeeee-eeeeeee entertain you

2001-12-09 Thread robert shiels
From: "Dave Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 05:50:27PM +, David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I rather fancy giving myself an early christmas pressie and going to see > > the Lord of the Rings. No doubt several others here do as well. So how > > about booking

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Anthony Fisher
Dave Cross wrote: > Perl for Web Site Management - AEF I will be there. Tony

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Anthony Fisher
That was meant to go to davorg, not the list. Apologies. Tony

Re: Let meeeeee-eeeeeee entertain you

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 05:50:27PM +, David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: > > I rather fancy giving myself an early christmas pressie and going to see > > the Lord of the Rings. No doubt several others here do as well. So how > > about bookin

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'll bring thme along to the social meeting on Thursday I thought the next social meet was far off, is it this thursday? Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.14

More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread David Cantrell
I've just joined fantasyfilmleague.com, and I've created a 'little league' for us. So all of you, go and join now, create your films, and join league no 202, with password 'pony!'. Do it now. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david If you save all your money f

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I'll bring thme along to the social meeting on Thursday > > I thought the next social meet was far off, is it this thursday? Thursday the 13th, which

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Dave Cross
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:36:49PM +, Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I'll bring thme along to the social meeting on Thursday > > I thought the next social meet was far off, is it

Re: More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:01:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: > I've just joined fantasyfilmleague.com, and I've created a 'little league' > for us. So all of you, go and join now, create your films, and join > league no 202, with password 'pony!'. Do it now. Hm. Maybe I'm confused (won't be

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thursday the 13th, which is the one approaching. Yes, only > shopping days left until Xmas. > well i'm already one pressie ahead of ron, so the pressie gap is in my favour ;-) -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146

Re: Books (sigh, again)

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > [muttering about ex-heretics who _still_ get confused - even when they > get their own way!] hey i watched the video today, we rocked, what is amazing is that we were sober during it ;-) Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://217

Re: More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:01:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: > > I've just joined fantasyfilmleague.com, and I've created a 'little league' > > for us. So all of you, go and join now, create your films, and join > > league no 202, with password 'po

Re: More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:11:19PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:01:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: > > I've just joined fantasyfilmleague.com, and I've created a 'little league' > > for us. So all of you, go and join now, create your films, and join > > league no 20

Re: More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread robert shiels
From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've just joined fantasyfilmleague.com, and I've created a 'little league' > for us. So all of you, go and join now, create your films, and join > league no 202, with password 'pony!'. Do it now. > Filled in all the stuff, and almost hit the "Produce

Re: More film goodness

2001-12-09 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:19:39PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > So, who is going to write CPAN Fantasy League? I will, willing write > the rules for it, if someone can make a good job at implementing it. Go on then, this is up my street. Just not *too* quickly 'cos I have to update my CV and I