Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

2009-09-23 Thread Léon Brocard
2009/9/23 Bob MacCallum : > The iCal link at http://london.pm.org/meetings/ might not be working. > This meeting didn't show up on my google calendar subscribed to that > URL, whereas the google calendar "+" button (on the same page) did sub > me to a working calendar.  Maybe someone could take a

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Sue Spence
2009/9/24 Peter Corlett > On 24 Sep 2009, at 00:58, Sue Spence wrote: > [...] > >> Does this mean that Huddersfield is in fact somewhere you'd like to >> relocate >> to? I had only picked it because the name sounds like naughty cow parts. >> > > > Come on, is that the best you could do when ther

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Corlett
On 24 Sep 2009, at 00:58, Sue Spence wrote: [...] Does this mean that Huddersfield is in fact somewhere you'd like to relocate to? I had only picked it because the name sounds like naughty cow parts. Come on, is that the best you could do when there is Penistone just down the road :) H

Re: sudo and spaces

2009-09-23 Thread Daniel Pittman
David Alban writes: > http://search.cpan.org/~landman/Sudo-0.32/lib/Sudo.pm says: > > As this module depends upon IPC::Run, it has all the bugs/limitations > of IPC::Run. Spaces in file names, executables, and other odd items > which give IPC::Run fits, will give Sudo fits. We wou

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Sue Spence
2009/9/23 Lesley > who knows what motivates the young. I have certainly forgotten :) > > Talking of which ... I am not hugely fond of whisky but did manage > to sit up all night drinking a complete bottle of Isle of Jura talking > with a very good (and now dear departed) friend. No hangover aft

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Sue Spence
2009/9/23 Peter Corlett > On 23 Sep 2009, at 14:11, Sue Spence wrote: > [...] > >> Humbug. Don't know why you don't get yourself a job up in Huddersfield, >> though. :-) >> > > You seem to have used the words "job" and "Huddersfield" in the same > sentence without any irony :) > > > Does this

sudo and spaces

2009-09-23 Thread David Alban
greetings, http://search.cpan.org/~landman/Sudo-0.32/lib/Sudo.pm says: As this module depends upon IPC::Run, it has all the bugs/limitations of IPC::Run. Spaces in file names, executables, and other odd items which give IPC::Run fits, will give Sudo fits. We would like to fix this,

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

2009-09-23 Thread Bob MacCallum
Hi, The iCal link at http://london.pm.org/meetings/ might not be working. This meeting didn't show up on my google calendar subscribed to that URL, whereas the google calendar "+" button (on the same page) did sub me to a working calendar. Maybe someone could take a look at it? Good thing someon

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Bob Walker
I suppose adding reviews of the places I went to a hypothetical randomness guide to amsterdam would be good, because randomness is the best word to describe the boss's hotel selection for staff traveling. http://openguides.org/ http://search.cpan.org/~dom/OpenGuides-0.64/ There would onl

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Corlett
On 23 Sep 2009, at 14:11, Sue Spence wrote: [...] Humbug. Don't know why you don't get yourself a job up in Huddersfield, though. :-) You seem to have used the words "job" and "Huddersfield" in the same sentence without any irony :)

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Lesley
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:38:35AM -0700, Avleen Vig wrote: > On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:38, Ovid wrote: > >> - Original Message >> >>> From: Avleen Vig >>> >>> Good scotch is not for getting pissed on, but for savouring and >>> enjoying :) >> >> Could you explain that to my niece? I visite

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Dominic Thoreau wrote: At the moment head office for me is Amsterdam, and I work in small outpost of three and a bit people. I travel there several times a year - if anyone can get specific recommendations about good places to eat in Amsterdam that charge on a scale I can fit on my expense claim

[OT] Encode woes

2009-09-23 Thread Dirk Koopman
It appears that, with the increasing prevalence of 5.10, the usage of utf8 or not is getting more picky. I have a well established, networked, app that has upwards of 250 nodes and about 4000 users at one time (on certain weekends double that) all over the world. These users are running mainly

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread James Laver
On 23 Sep 2009, at 14:35, Dominic Thoreau wrote: At the moment head office for me is Amsterdam, and I work in small outpost of three and a bit people. I travel there several times a year - if anyone can get specific recommendations about good places to eat in Amsterdam that charge on a scale I ca

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Sue Spence
2009/9/23 Philippe Bruhat (BooK) > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:11:01PM +0100, Sue Spence wrote: > > A few years ago I used to report to a manager based in Amsterdam, where > my > > $work maintains a rather large data centre and quite a few staff. As a > > result I was fortunate enough to go there

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

2009-09-23 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 23 Sep 2009, at 13:06, Léon Brocard wrote: Perl in a Pub! See you there tomorrow, Léon Damn. I shall be a bit up in the air then. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: h

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Avleen Vig
On Sep 23, 2009, at 1:51, Dave Cross wrote: On 23/09/2009 09:41, Avleen Vig wrote: I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was probably the Scotch place with over 1,000 whiskies, but at typical

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Avleen Vig
On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:38, Ovid wrote: - Original Message From: Avleen Vig Good scotch is not for getting pissed on, but for savouring and enjoying :) Could you explain that to my niece? I visited the US recently and brought over a bottle of Green Spot. She took one sip, said

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:11:01PM +0100, Sue Spence wrote: > A few years ago I used to report to a manager based in Amsterdam, where my > $work maintains a rather large data centre and quite a few staff. As a > result I was fortunate enough to go there several times and spend a bit of > time. Th

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Sue Spence wrote: >> I still reckon the People's Republic of Yorkshire produce the best beer. >> Shame it's mostly undrinkable by the time it's travelled to London. >> > Humbug.  Don't know why you don't get yourself a job up in Huddersfield, > though.   :-) Oh, d

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Dominic Thoreau
2009/9/23 Sue Spence : > 2009/9/22 Peter Corlett > >> I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a >> bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was > A few years ago I used to report to a manager based in Amsterdam, where my > $work maintains a

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Sue Spence
2009/9/22 Peter Corlett > I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a > bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was > probably the Scotch place with over 1,000 whiskies, but at typically > EUR10/20ml, was a rather inefficient way to get pis

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread James Laver
On 23 Sep 2009, at 13:38, Ovid wrote: Could you explain that to my niece? I visited the US recently and brought over a bottle of Green Spot. She took one sip, said it was great, and then shot the rest. I could have cried. Next time, I'll buy her whiskey which comes in a soft plastic bottle.

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread jesse
> > Good scotch is not for getting pissed on, but for savouring and enjoying :) > > Could you explain that to my niece? I visited the US recently and brought > over a bottle of Green Spot. She took one sip, said it was great, and then > shot the rest. I could have cried. Next time, I'll buy h

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Ovid
- Original Message > From: Avleen Vig > > Good scotch is not for getting pissed on, but for savouring and enjoying :) Could you explain that to my niece? I visited the US recently and brought over a bottle of Green Spot. She took one sip, said it was great, and then shot the rest. I

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

2009-09-23 Thread Léon Brocard
2009/9/1 Léon Brocard : > London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The > technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in > the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl > integrates with other software. > > The next technical meet

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Roger Burton West
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:50:58PM +0100, Peter Corlett wrote: >I still reckon the People's Republic of Yorkshire produce the best >beer. Shame it's mostly undrinkable by the time it's travelled to >London. Why not brew your own? R (last time I was in Amsterdam involved jonge genever (sp?) a

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Dirk Koopman
Peter Corlett wrote: I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was probably the Scotch place with over 1,000 whiskies, but at typically EUR10/20ml, was a rather inefficient way to get pissed.

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread James Laver
On 23 Sep 2009, at 09:51, Dave Cross wrote: You're not from round here, are you :-) Dave... We don't all have gold-plated cats, Dave. Good scotch is too expensive to get pissed on and is for enjoying, beer on the other hand can be enjoyed while getting pissed ;) --James

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Dave Cross
On 23/09/2009 09:41, Avleen Vig wrote: I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was probably the Scotch place with over 1,000 whiskies, but at typically EUR10/20ml, was a rather inefficient way to

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Avleen Vig
I was in Amsterdam a couple of times last year and ate and drank around a bit. It was distinctly mediocre and quite expensive. The highlight was probably the Scotch place with over 1,000 whiskies, but at typically EUR10/20ml, was a rather inefficient way to get pissed. Good scotch is not

Re: [OT [OT]] - assering database query results

2009-09-23 Thread Luis Motta Campos
Nicholas Clark wrote: > Off topicly off topic, as it's not even about that 4 letter P word. > > So, we have quite a lot of our database queries in config files, with > placeholders, etc > > Some of them are only supposed to return 1 row. However, if our > assumptions are wrong, they might return

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-23 Thread Richard Foley
On Tuesday 22 September 2009 18:35:29 Dirk Koopman wrote: > In any case, what's wrong with a culture that has a whole class of food > that is specifically designed to enable one to consume more alcohol? > You mean, because Dutch food is so damned terrible, presumably ?-) -- Richard Foley Ciao -