On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:53:09PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote:
> We will of course need to name them (though one of them should retain it's
> given name, Niles) and work out some way to tell them all apart.
I'd suggest another name from Frasier for the other. Frasier itself is
a little obvious, and
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Neil Ford wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:44:57PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
> > > It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People have turned
> > > up, sat in the corner for a wh
* Neil Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> We will of course need to name them (though one of them should retain it's
> given name, Niles) and work out some way to tell them all apart.
>
well if you really want to tell them apart, perhaps you could
use my blowtorch as suggested previously ;-)
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:44:57PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
> > It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People have turned
> > up, sat in the corner for a while and then left because no-one spoke to
> > the
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:00:30AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> Tom Hukins wrote:
> > The main surprise was that you didn't seem to go on about Buffy much.
> > At least, not compared to my girlfriend who is obsessed.
>
> So you're going to bring her along next time, right? :)
This might sound l
Tom Hukins wrote:
> The main surprise was that you didn't seem to go on about Buffy much.
> At least, not compared to my girlfriend who is obsessed.
So you're going to bring her along next time, right? :)
Cheers,
Philip (who's never been to a regular london.pm meeting)
--
Philip Newton <[EMAIL
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
> It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People have turned
> up, sat in the corner for a while and then left because no-one spoke to
> them.
One thing you might do is carry markers and lay them out on each tab
d become discomforting as others have already
mentioned.
I hope this doesn't go to anyone's head - I just wanted to mention that
I feel cliqueiness isn't a serious issue.
The main surprise was that you didn't seem to go on about Buffy much.
At least, not compared to my girlfriend who is obsessed.
Tom
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 06:22:45PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> David H. Adler wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > dha: "Mind if we call you 'Dave' to keep it clear?"
> > > >
> > I had it in mind that the line is "...mind if we cal
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 10:18:30AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> >
> > > davorg: "Is your name not Dave?"
> > >
> > > pne: "No, it's Philip."
> > >
> > > evildave: "That's going to cause a littl
David H. Adler wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> > >
> > > > dha: "Mind if we call you 'Dave' to keep it clear?"
> > >
> I had it in mind that the line is "...mind if we call you Bruce
> to avoid confusion." I may be thinking of a variant version,
Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
>
> > davorg: "Is your name not Dave?"
> >
> > pne: "No, it's Philip."
> >
> > evildave: "That's going to cause a little confusion."
> >
> > dha: "Mind if we call you 'Dave' to keep it clear?"
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:04:18AM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
>
> > I chose the name on purpose :)
>
> Not "Ploppy"?
>
> > davorg: "Is your name not Dave?"
> >
> > pne: "No, it's Philip."
> >
> > evildave: "That's go
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Makepeace
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:33:06PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
> > ---
> > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
>
> perl -e "print chr 47+45*int rand 2 while 1"
>
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 09:59:11AM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:33:06PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
> > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
> perl -e "print chr 47+45*int rand 2 while 1"
> Cross platform!
EBCDIC?
MBM
--
Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:17:19AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> I chose the name on purpose :)
Not "Ploppy"?
> davorg: "Is your name not Dave?"
>
> pne: "No, it's Philip."
>
> evildave: "That's going to cause a little confusion."
>
> dha: "Mind if we call you 'Dave' to keep
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:33:06PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
> ---
> Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
perl -e "print chr 47+45*int rand 2 while 1"
Cross platform!
Paul
--
In total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly
David H. Adler wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:53:42PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> > I remember my second time in Penderel's Oak, after
> > yapc::Europe::19100 consisted of a fair bit of "who's that
> > chap over there" or "which one of you is Dave".)
>
> "That depends. Which Dave?"
I cho
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:53:42PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> (From the POV of someone who hasn't met most of you before... I remember my
> second time in Penderel's Oak, after yapc::Europe::19100 consisted of a fair
> bit of "who's that chap over there" or "which one of you is Dave".)
"That d
Cross David - dcross wrote:
>
> [I'm sure that's not a word - or if it is, it's spelt wrong]
>
> It was mentioned to me last night that some people have been less than
> impressed when turning up for their first social meeting.
>
> It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote:
> >
> > > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
> >
> > That's no good, even I can see w
> On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:52:51AM -0400, Alex Page typed:
> >On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
> >> Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/;
> >Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like honey, ones who
> >steal picnic baskets or a typo?
>
> s/a/e/
* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a
> > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams?
>
> I nominate Greg to run the pub quiz at the next social meet. Wh
Lee Goddard writes:
> > > > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> > > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
> > >
> > > That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it...
> >
> > You mean:
> >
> > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e l
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a
> quick pub quiz were we split into random teams?
I nominate Greg to run the pub quiz at the next social meet. What with
him being a gentleman of leisure and so having t
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Johnson
> > Sent: 22 June 2001 15:43
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Cliqueiness
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk
> to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem
> to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat
> properly to 4 or 5 people aorund you.
yes this is
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:52:51AM -0400, Alex Page typed:
>On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
>> Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/;
>Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like honey, ones who
>steal picnic baskets or a typo?
s/a/e/;
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:48:31PM +0100, Lee Goddard wrote:
> > > > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
> > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
> Unix beary types should know to s/"/`/;
Is that particularly hairy Unix types, ones who like hone
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Johnson
> Sent: 22 June 2001 15:43
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Cliqueiness
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote:
> >
> >
On or about Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF typed:
>On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote:
>> Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
>> perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
> That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it...
Yeah, it prints out
Can't find st
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:37:21PM +0100, AEF wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote:
>
> > Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> > perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
>
> That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it...
You mean:
Can't find strin
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Lee Goddard wrote:
> Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
> perl -e "while (1){rand>0.5 ? print'\\' : print'/'}"
That's no good, even I can see what it does without running it...
Tony
> > > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a
> > > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams?
>
> > > Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, reading out
> > > apologies and introducing new people.
>
> Some of us are shy retiring types, and this may actually
> > Also how about some more structured ice breakers, perhaps a
> > quick pub quiz were we split into random teams?
> > Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, reading out
> > apologies and introducing new people.
Some of us are shy retiring types, and this may actually put people of
* at 22/06 13:24 +0100 Cross David - dcross said:
> From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:41 PM
>
> > * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a
> > > new face that no-one see
From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:41 PM
> * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a
> > new face that no-one seems to be talking to,
>
> I don't think the seating arrangement
* Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg wrote:
>
> > I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk
> > to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem
> > to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat
> > properly to 4 or 5 people
On Friday, June 22, 2001, at 01:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> A pub quiz is a good idea -- however, it needs to be about something
> other than perl.
Good point.
>> Maybe we could even have an opening of the meeting, readi
Greg McCarroll wrote:
> oh and how about everyone wears names badges!
Good idea IMO :)
(From the POV of someone who hasn't met most of you before... I remember my
second time in Penderel's Oak, after yapc::Europe::19100 consisted of a fair
bit of "who's that chap over there" or "which one of you
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:41:00PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face
> > that no-one seems to be talking to,
> >
>
> I don't think the seating arrangement in PO make
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face
> > that no-one seems to be talking to,
> >
>
> I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk
>
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
> So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face
> that no-one seems to be talking to, please make an effort to bring them into
> the conversation. Introduce them to some of the other members. Find out
Greg wrote:
> I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk
> to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always seem
> to split up onto seperate tables where you can only really chat
> properly to 4 or 5 people aorund you.
Agreed (from afar).
> Also how about some
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> So all I'm asking is that when you're at a meeting and you see a new face
> that no-one seems to be talking to,
>
I don't think the seating arrangement in PO makes it easy to talk
to lots of people, even if you already know them. We always
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:23:04PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
[% snip %]
> And if there's anyone still listening who has left a social meeting early
> because we've ignored you, I can only apologise whole-heartedly and ask you
> to give us another chance at the next meeting on July 5th.
T
[I'm sure that's not a word - or if it is, it's spelt wrong]
It was mentioned to me last night that some people have been less than
impressed when turning up for their first social meeting.
It seems that we can appear a bit unwelcoming at times. People have turned
up, sat in the corner for a wh
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