Re: penderel

2002-04-04 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bring it along tonight (or give us a URL for it) and we can do some statistically significant research on the matter. Research? -- http://www.the-anathema.org Free Tibet! With purchase of second Tibet of equal or greater value. Limit two Tibets per customer. -

Re: question about a tv advert

2002-04-03 Thread anathema
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is currently an advert for radio 6, Radio 6? My gods, when you leave a country, the BBC starts spawning like crazy. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Free Tibet! With purchase of second Tibet of equal or greater value. Limit two Tibets per customer.

Re: [OT] Memory Usage in Perl Programs

2002-04-03 Thread anathema
Andy Wardley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perl is my bitch. ps is a ho. :-) Talk dirty to me some more. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Free Tibet! With purchase of second Tibet of equal or greater value. Limit two Tibets per customer. - ModernHumorist.com

Re: penderel

2002-04-03 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, I'm sure most of the current admin-folk would like some experience on a real OS. Mee-ow! :) -- http://www.the-anathema.org Free Tibet! With purchase of second Tibet of equal or greater value. Limit two Tibets per customer. - ModernHumorist.com

Re: penderel

2002-04-03 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip sun stuff My only real experience with Sun boxen has been in porn. Did you know hexdrivers could do that? -- http://www.the-anathema.org Free Tibet! With purchase of second Tibet of equal or greater value. Limit two Tibets per customer. -

Re: Blade 2 ...

2002-03-29 Thread anathema
David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is out. The most excellent Mr. Richard Clamp and myself will be going to the Warner cinema in Leicester Square for the 7pm showing tomorrow (Saturday). You may join us. Bring camels and other pets. Be warned in advance, it's not terribly good. I

Re: irc dead?

2002-02-28 Thread anathema
Peter Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scatha (Austin, Texas) I always seem to end up connected to scatha. Maybe god hates me. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Sometimes I worry about becoming a success in a mediocre world. - Lily Tomlin

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #611 - 24 msgs

2002-02-21 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fortunately, no. We don't have a democratically elected leader, we have a Ruthless, Godless Dictator(tm). :-) Does he beat us if we're Bad? -- http://www.the-anathema.org The two most beautiful words in the english language are 'check enclosed'. - Dorothy

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #611 - 24 msgs

2002-02-21 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does he beat us if we're Bad? Only if you ask nicely. *bounce* -- http://www.the-anathema.org What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. - Woody Allen

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #611 - 24 msgs

2002-02-21 Thread anathema
Kate L Pugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any chance people could try to only post when they have something to say? Is there any chance you could ralise that this would dam london.pm to a tiny little trickle? since they subscribe, see several inane one-liners, unsubscribe, and then

Re: on The Perl Review

2002-02-02 Thread anathema
Aaron Trevena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As part of my Day Job I am helping a very MS-dependant (and some would even say biased) company open up their development and move from VB to java and perl (possibly via .NET/Mono) - anybody have any advice on making the journey more pleasent (both for me

Re: Geek accessories

2002-01-30 Thread anathema
Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *plonk* Huh? Man laughing his head off. Ah, and here was I assuming *plonk* was still the sound of someone landing in the killfile... -- http://www.the-anathema.org ...lubing up the stupid and bending them over. - K.

Re: Email from a cultural icon

2002-01-26 Thread anathema
Jonathan Stowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well-known-ness[*] [*] There has got to be a better word for this. Er, er, er give up ;-} Fame? Notoriety? Iconity? -- http://www.the-anathema.org The two most beautiful words in the english

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-20 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this make me Good Dave? :-) No chance. -- http://www.the-anathema.org These young writers... are worth watching. Not reading; just watching. - Dorothy Parker

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-20 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this make me Good Dave? :-) No chance. OK Dave? l33t dave. -- http://www.the-anathema.org In addition to requiring a larger percentage than a majority (51% being a majority), a supermajority can also shoot lasers out of its eyes. - Mc Call

Re: Erm, Hello?

2002-01-18 Thread anathema
robin szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who has keys to buildings and/or root or sysadmin passwords? most of the skrip1 k1dd1es on the planet have r00t apparently :) Ah, but the double 0s mean it's 'special' root. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Your prize is the latest addition to our new range

Re: CVS

2002-01-18 Thread anathema
Roger Burton West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beware of the evil vicious linefeed beast. There are ways to deal with it, I'm told, but I don't know what they are. A hammer. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Push button. Foam coming plenty. Big Noise. Finish. - sign in a Japanese laundry

Re: black hat hackers

2002-01-10 Thread anathema
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at the minute, i think my friendly hacker is DOS'ing my webserver, so i've took it down and i need to sort things out properly when i have some time, which i dont at the minute I think they like you. -- http://www.the-anathema.org [He] wore eyeglasses that

Re: hmmm, i was just thinking

2002-01-09 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I've always been fond of someone's sigfile that had I am the Hamster, and you will obey me! Squeak! -- http://www.the-anathema.org She looked like something that might have occurred to Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments. - P. G.

Re: black hat hackers

2002-01-09 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More direct alternatives, such as netsend'ing the user a message that their machine has been hacked, or using the holes which an infected machine has to alert the user in some other way (log in, remove adsl driver ? or change their subnet mask to not include

Re: black hat hackers

2002-01-09 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It warms my heart to beleive that abuse@bt would hold me/you/whoever-was-actually-asking in such high regard as to give us special treatment unlike the luser whose machine is causing the grief to begin with, who they were happy to do nothing about. The same

Re: Damn Hackers

2002-01-07 Thread anathema
Steve Mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can't panic the kernel you may be able to crash network services. A lot of things are networked now (printers, hubs etc) not just computers and the chances of all their stacks and networking software dealing sanely with really bizarre networking

Geekpr0n

2002-01-04 Thread anathema
I'm showing my prurient side again, aren't I? Other than unixsex.org, are there any other sites that feature admins #-ing away at root? Er. Research purposes only. *cough* -- http://www.the-anathema.org Does my quiet self-pity get to you or should I move up to incessant nagging?

Re: Dual boot

2001-12-28 Thread anathema
Dean S Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many people post to Linux groups as root? Every one that hasn't done something majorly disastrous by accident and therefore hasn't learnt the error of their ways? -- http://www.the-anathema.org Blood-guzzling funereal bonfires? Hardly the best monster

Re: Theatre trip - Komedy Kulture !

2001-12-13 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This current production, at the Comedy Theatre near Picadilly Circus stars Eddie Izzard and Prunella Scales. Gah! You BASTARDS! dha, might be able to figure out a way to get to london in jan, but not before the ticket cut off date... Ditto. Bah bah

Re: Small world [was] Re: London, Tube, Perl, and maths. (fwd)

2001-12-07 Thread anathema
Tom 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tomfucious, he say: If you are unable to look back upon your past and learn from your mistakes, you have no future. Anathema, she say this isn't the sort of thing that should be discussed on this mailing list, okay? -- http://www.the-anathema.org Don't hold back

Re: Small world [was] Re: London, Tube, Perl, and maths. (fwd)

2001-12-07 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can a girl get no peace? [throws a dove at anathema] It's dovely! Ah ha ha ha. Ha. Haha. Oh. -- http://www.the-anathema.org Have you seen the canals? I am a canal! - Eddie Izzard, Unrepeatable

Re: An open letter to Miss Camel

2001-11-29 Thread anathema
Newton, Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Amelia C . Bactrianus [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that should reach her. Those go astray. Ha! I slay dha. -- http://www.the-anathema.org The Lady Varnishes - I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue - Failed Film Titles s

Re: [ANNOUNCE]Nominations

2001-11-26 Thread anathema
robin szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: should that be 'unless you're a pedant' ? Shouldn't that be unless you're a pedant? ;) -- http://www.the-anathema.org I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on I go into the library and read a good book. - Groucho Marx

Re: Small world [was] Re: London, Tube, Perl, and maths. (fwd)

2001-11-26 Thread anathema
the hatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it was a mailing list of *goths*, so it was to be expected... I'd like to see you prove it was composed exclusively, or even in the majority, by goths. It sounds like such obvious untruths wouldn't find a favourable home here, either. It was a goth

Re: Small world [was] Re: London, Tube, Perl, and maths. (fwd)

2001-11-26 Thread anathema
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are they being sluts in between being cider drinking manic depressants with a bad taste in music and a fashion sense that only makes particularly commercially aware oxfam shop happy? ;-) Of course we were. My black-clad form never shopped at oxfam, 'cause

Re: [OT] Willow /. poll

2001-11-26 Thread anathema
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I won't be talking much on the list for the next few days ... I'll be off hacking my MTA to delete all mail I try and send after pub closing time. ;-) It's okay, we've al already tweaked our procmails to do that for us. -- http://www.the-anathema.org If

Re: Another Good Meeting

2001-11-16 Thread anathema
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But then again, they are *London* Perl Mongers meetings, aren't they, so there's absolutely no requirement to accomodate anyone who lives outside the M25 really, is there? London is just a state of mind :) s/mind/insanity -- http://www.the-anathema.org

Re: [ANNOUNCE] t-shirt madness! everything must go!

2001-11-09 Thread anathema
aef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ankh-morporkdark blue Does it come on a stick? No, but it smells bloody awful. -- http://www.the-anathema.org ... or alternately, imagine that your recursive, dancing, naked monkeys are made out of a tumultuous foam of matter and energy. - Mark Rogaski

Re: Go

2001-10-26 Thread anathema
Mark 'Doc' Rogaski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An entity claiming to be David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Damn. and me here in a different country, altogether... :-( We might want to set up a group on this side of the puddle. I've always wanted to learn the game. Me too. --

Re: Neat words [was Re: keyboards]

2001-10-26 Thread anathema
Seonaid Woodburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I don't know hoke, hoak, I do know hoaky (or maybe hokey?), an American word that I believe is a general pejorative, although I think it might be able to mean something like 'hick-ish'. Are they related? hokey adj. Slang, chiefly U.S. and

Re: keyboards

2001-10-25 Thread anathema
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dha, objects to the term random Could have been anyone :) I mean, it's not like dha is the only person on the list who knows MP. Maybe not as *well*, but. -- http://www.the-anathema.org I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. - Steve

Re: New Neighbours

2001-10-25 Thread anathema
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the HTML code is pretty icky, too (for example, a table inside the head.../head portion of the document). Can you do that? I mean, what does it _mean_? You can do it, but it does nothing but crash browsers that aren't resilient to stupid

keyboards

2001-10-24 Thread Mz anathema
Can anyone suggest a good way to recover a soup-soaked keyboard? -- http://www.the-anathema.org If this is dying, I don't think much of it. - Lytton Strachey

Re: keyboards

2001-10-24 Thread anathema
David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh. [pulls out Ye Olde Sunne Keyboard] [pulls out random DEC battleship] [bangs them together like what they do in the movies with swords] Sun type 4 keyboards are very good indeed. If you want a PeeCee keyboard, the best I've used is an old IBM PS/2

Re: keyboards

2001-10-24 Thread anathema
Lucy McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it stand up to soup? I loved my last keyboard, it's a pity that I've had to replace it. What flavour soup was it? Noodle flavour. -- http://www.the-anathema.org My cat keeps bringing home dead wildlife. Came down yesterday morning and there was a

Re: Obnoxious spam: News from NuSphere -- #10

2001-10-22 Thread anathema
Newton, Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used to, but it's got really high volume (at least by my standards), and my curiosity precludes reading just the interesting bits (especially since threads often branch off interminally, though not quite as bad as in the monastery). It just took me too

Re: Obnoxious spam: News from NuSphere -- #10

2001-10-22 Thread anathema
Mike Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ultimately, I think he's just recruiting new spam fighters. I did think his newest new attack was clever though. Rather than spewing nonsense text as he usually does, he's posting pictures of Bush being, erm, had by bin Laden, and then setting follow ups to

Re: Beautiful Algorithms

2001-10-21 Thread anathema
Chris Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sometime and then pieces the data back together in the nick of time, much like a McGuyver episode. :cackles and gets out the McGuyver mpegs. Isn't it spelt McGyver? -- http://www.the-anathema.org Does my quiet self-pity get to you or should I move up to

Re: Obnoxious spam: News from NuSphere -- #10

2001-10-19 Thread anathema
Paul Makepeace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *plonk* Nooo, you don't *plonk*, you LART. Go on. They'll thank you for it in the long run. (that, or post it to n.a.n-a.e and we'll do the larting for you, i love nanae.) -- http://www.the-anathema.org Buffy the Vampire Slapper - I'm sorry, I Haven't

Re: Obnoxious spam: News from NuSphere -- #10

2001-10-19 Thread anathema
Mike Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a Well, Ye-es, but I tend to prefer having the headers right there in nanae a myself, regardless of the fact that that's not what it's there for. So a compromise. Headers and description to nanae, full text of spam to sightings. Everybody's happy, and no

Re: Self-test

2001-10-18 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of Meat. - Phillip, Goats, 20sep99 If the Juju had meant us not to eat people He wouldn't have made us of meat (from a Flanders Swann song, 1950s) Funny. Jon and Phillip

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dha, counting the hours... Ooh! and I'll finally be able to see The Pack... I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. -- http://www.the-anathema.org stylish... warped... faintly ironic

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. The resident buffy fan? Ha ha ha! Here, meaning my dorm, y'foolish NYer. You must be new here... ;-) You're not so old that I can't still take you across my knee, young man!