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2009-07-07 Thread lists
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Re: [OT] Wrapping methods

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Motta Campos
David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 05:06:03PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > >> but Generic::Base::ClassWithTimeout has done something funky to >> wrap &run in a routine that does the eval block/alarm/$SIG{ALARM} >> handler? Basically, the fun is that I'd like to do something >> equiv

Re: [OT] Wrapping methods

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Wardley
Nicholas Clark wrote: Of course this can also be solved in various other ways, [...] but that doesn't feel as elegant an interface. Perhaps not, but IMHO having two distinct methods is the Right Way To Do It. Anything else runs the risk of being Too Clever By Far[1]. I would have an external

RE: London.pm technical meeting about "Less code" on 16th April 2009

2009-07-07 Thread Fahad Khan
Hi Leon, It was nice to meet you Thursday. I would really like to help out if you or other have a list of things to get done. I can code in C and Perl. Though I'll warn you I'm not particularly good just yet but I guess there is only one way to get there. Best wishes, Fahad > From: a...@ast

Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread David Cantrell
How does one de-Gnomeify a Ubuntu box? Its spectacularly broken focus-follows-mouse and hideously ugly window mangler and "panels" Just Have To Go. -- David Cantrell | top google result for "internet beard fetish club" You are so cynical. And by "cynical", of course, I mean "correct".

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread jesse
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 05:54:11PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > How does one de-Gnomeify a Ubuntu box? Its spectacularly broken > focus-follows-mouse and hideously ugly window mangler and "panels" > Just Have To Go. Oh the GDM login screen, click the options menu in the lower left corner. Pi

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread Kaoru
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > How does one de-Gnomeify a Ubuntu box? Its spectacularly broken > focus-follows-mouse and hideously ugly window mangler and "panels" > Just Have To Go. I think in general, depending on how long the box has been around and how much clutter it

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 7 Jul 2009, at 18:15, Kaoru wrote: The "correct" way to do it is to uninstall the "ubuntu-dekstop" package and install the "kubuntu-desktop"/"xubuntu-desktop" etc. packages, however my apt-fu isn't strong enough to actually trust that that will do what you mean. I don't believe that you hav

Re: Big Geek Day Out: Bletchley Park 18th July

2009-07-07 Thread Léon Brocard
2009/6/15 David Dorward : > In a happy bit of coincidence, a former colleague of mine has started > (independently) organising a Big Geek Day Out ... to Bletchley Park ... on > the 18th of July. > Details and sign up are available at http://biggeekdayout.com/ This is in two weeks. I'll be taking

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread James Laver
On 7 Jul 2009, at 17:54, David Cantrell wrote: How does one de-Gnomeify a Ubuntu box? Its spectacularly broken focus-follows-mouse and hideously ugly window mangler and "panels" Just Have To Go. I believe you can aptitude install xyz-desktop && aptitude purge ubuntu-desktop, where xyz is on

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread James Laver
On 7 Jul 2009, at 18:24, Andy Armstrong wrote: I don't believe that you have to uninstall ubuntu-desktop. Just install kubuntu-desktop / whatever alongside and you'll get additional login session options. That's the bit i'm not sure about, whether it'll let you. On the other hand, the aim

Re: Gnome makes me want to strangle kittens

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 7 Jul 2009, at 18:41, James Laver wrote: That's the bit i'm not sure about, whether it'll let you. Last time I checked all the Ubuntu variants will just install on top of a vanilla Ubuntu. -- Andy Armstrong, Hexten

Re: Big Geek Day Out: Bletchley Park 18th July

2009-07-07 Thread A Smith
drinking 14 litres of water is seriously bad for your health too. -- Andrew 2009/6/15 the hatter > On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Joel Bernstein wrote: > > > > > On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:14, Peter Corlett wrote: > > > I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip on the train so > > > I wouldn't get d

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Bamboo Basket

2009-07-07 Thread Léon Brocard
There are many Perl hackers at the BBC, and it's time to go see them again. Westfield London has opened in Shepherd's Bush. It's a large shopping centre and it has a dim sum restaurant (in a large food court). London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at a different Chine

Re: London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Bamboo Basket

2009-07-07 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 7 Jul 2009, at 21:25, Léon Brocard wrote: There are many Perl hackers at the BBC, and it's time to go see them again. Westfield London has opened in Shepherd's Bush. It's a large shopping centre and it has a dim sum restaurant (in a large food court). Anyone fancy an heretical spinoff ji

Re: Big Geek Day Out: Bletchley Park 18th July

2009-07-07 Thread David Dorward
Léon Brocard wrote: This is in two weeks. I'll be taking the 09:24 London Midland train from Euston to Bletchley. I've convinced my neighbour that going is a good idea, so I'll be getting a lift with him. See you there. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/