From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Wed May  3 06:26:33 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:26:33 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B0@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Okay, so far I have 2 votes for Chili's.  Feel free to offer any more
suggestions.

The dates have been narrowed down to:
Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p

I vote for either Monday or Thursday (though any of the other days will
work).  Anyone else?

Jeremy


-----Original Message-----
From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
[mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of
Kaustav Ghoshal
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:58 PM
To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities

Hi all,
  I'm fine with all the dates.I think chilis is a good option.

Kaustav

On 4/28/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
> Okay, so pretty much everyone agrees that our first meeting can happen
> M-F around 7:00p at a restaurant close to the A&M campus.  I have some
> stuff going on next week, so I would probably not be able to do it
then.
> Here are a few options (feel free to add other days or options):
>
>
>
> Mon, 05/08/2006 - 7:00p
>
> Tue, 05/09/2006 - 7:00p
>
>
>
> Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
>
> Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
>
> Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
>
> Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
>
>
>
> And as for the location, I'm open to wherever.  Off the top of my
head,
> some restaurants close to campus that I can think of are:
>
> Chili's (Texas Ave.)
>
> Mi Cocina (G Bush)
>
> Somewhere in Northgate (I'm not very familiar with what's all in
> Northgate)
>
>
>
> Let me know what you guys think!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>


--
Greetings,

Kaustav Ghoshal

Graduate Assistant- Research
Telecommunications Academy
Texas A&M University
www.kaustav.org
(979)-571-8874
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________
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From support at bettercgi.com  Wed May  3 08:04:12 2006
From: support at bettercgi.com (Ray Morris)
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 10:04:12 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B0@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
	(from jeremy@msc.tamu.edu on Wed May  3 08:26:33 2006)
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B0@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <1146668652l.20290l.3l@raydesk1.bettercgi.com>

    Doesn't matter, man, just pick a day before
we lose interest. ;)
--
Ray B. Morris
support at bettercgi.com

Strongbox - The next generation in site security:
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On 05/03/2006 08:26:33 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> Okay, so far I have 2 votes for Chili's.  Feel free to offer any more
> suggestions.
> 
> The dates have been narrowed down to:
> Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> 
> I vote for either Monday or Thursday (though any of the other days
> will
> work).  Anyone else?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
> [mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Kaustav Ghoshal
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:58 PM
> To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
> Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
> 
> Hi all,
>   I'm fine with all the dates.I think chilis is a good option.
> 
> Kaustav
> 
> On 4/28/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
> > Okay, so pretty much everyone agrees that our first meeting can
> happen
> > M-F around 7:00p at a restaurant close to the A&M campus.  I have
> some
> > stuff going on next week, so I would probably not be able to do it
> then.
> > Here are a few options (feel free to add other days or options):
> >
> >
> >
> > Mon, 05/08/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Tue, 05/09/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> >
> >
> > Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> >
> >
> > And as for the location, I'm open to wherever.  Off the top of my
> head,
> > some restaurants close to campus that I can think of are:
> >
> > Chili's (Texas Ave.)
> >
> > Mi Cocina (G Bush)
> >
> > Somewhere in Northgate (I'm not very familiar with what's all in
> > Northgate)
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know what you guys think!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Greetings,
> 
> Kaustav Ghoshal
> 
> Graduate Assistant- Research
> Telecommunications Academy
> Texas A&M University
> www.kaustav.org
> (979)-571-8874
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
> "...Suffering, as I am, from the sequential nature human of
> communication." ~E.W. Dijkstra
> _______________________________________________
> http://brazosvalley.pm.org
> Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brazosvalley-pm
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> Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brazosvalley-pm
> 
> 

From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Wed May  3 09:03:35 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 11:03:35 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B1@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Right-o!  

1st Social meeting: Monday, May 15th at 7:00pm, Chili's on Texas Ave.


-----Original Message-----
From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
[mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of
Ray Morris
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:04 AM
To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities

    Doesn't matter, man, just pick a day before
we lose interest. ;)
--
Ray B. Morris
support at bettercgi.com

Strongbox - The next generation in site security:
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On 05/03/2006 08:26:33 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> Okay, so far I have 2 votes for Chili's.  Feel free to offer any more
> suggestions.
> 
> The dates have been narrowed down to:
> Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> 
> I vote for either Monday or Thursday (though any of the other days
> will
> work).  Anyone else?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
> [mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Kaustav Ghoshal
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:58 PM
> To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
> Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
> 
> Hi all,
>   I'm fine with all the dates.I think chilis is a good option.
> 
> Kaustav
> 
> On 4/28/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
> > Okay, so pretty much everyone agrees that our first meeting can
> happen
> > M-F around 7:00p at a restaurant close to the A&M campus.  I have
> some
> > stuff going on next week, so I would probably not be able to do it
> then.
> > Here are a few options (feel free to add other days or options):
> >
> >
> >
> > Mon, 05/08/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Tue, 05/09/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> >
> >
> > Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> >
> >
> > And as for the location, I'm open to wherever.  Off the top of my
> head,
> > some restaurants close to campus that I can think of are:
> >
> > Chili's (Texas Ave.)
> >
> > Mi Cocina (G Bush)
> >
> > Somewhere in Northgate (I'm not very familiar with what's all in
> > Northgate)
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know what you guys think!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Greetings,
> 
> Kaustav Ghoshal
> 
> Graduate Assistant- Research
> Telecommunications Academy
> Texas A&M University
> www.kaustav.org
> (979)-571-8874
>
________________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
> "...Suffering, as I am, from the sequential nature human of
> communication." ~E.W. Dijkstra
> _______________________________________________
> http://brazosvalley.pm.org
> Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brazosvalley-pm
> _______________________________________________
> http://brazosvalley.pm.org
> Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
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> 
> 
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From kghoshal at gmail.com  Wed May  3 09:05:24 2006
From: kghoshal at gmail.com (Kaustav Ghoshal)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 11:05:24 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B1@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2B1@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <69501540605030905saf63f70if0220ea025cdaefe@mail.gmail.com>

great....see y'all there...

~kaustav

On 5/3/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
>
> Right-o!
>
> 1st Social meeting: Monday, May 15th at 7:00pm, Chili's on Texas Ave.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
> [mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of
> Ray Morris
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:04 AM
> To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
> Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
>
>     Doesn't matter, man, just pick a day before
> we lose interest. ;)
> --
> Ray B. Morris
> support at bettercgi.com
>
> Strongbox - The next generation in site security:
> http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/
>
>
>
>
> On 05/03/2006 08:26:33 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> > Okay, so far I have 2 votes for Chili's.  Feel free to offer any more
> > suggestions.
> >
> > The dates have been narrowed down to:
> > Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> > Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> > Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> > Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> >
> > I vote for either Monday or Thursday (though any of the other days
> > will
> > work).  Anyone else?
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
> > [mailto:brazosvalley-pm-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Kaustav Ghoshal
> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:58 PM
> > To: Brazos Valley Perl Mongers
> > Subject: Re: [Brazosvalley-pm] First Meeting possibilities
> >
> > Hi all,
> >   I'm fine with all the dates.I think chilis is a good option.
> >
> > Kaustav
> >
> > On 4/28/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
> > > Okay, so pretty much everyone agrees that our first meeting can
> > happen
> > > M-F around 7:00p at a restaurant close to the A&M campus.  I have
> > some
> > > stuff going on next week, so I would probably not be able to do it
> > then.
> > > Here are a few options (feel free to add other days or options):
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mon, 05/08/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > > Tue, 05/09/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mon, 05/15/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > > Wed, 05/17/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > > Thu, 05/18/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > > Fri, 05/19/2006 - 7:00p
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And as for the location, I'm open to wherever.  Off the top of my
> > head,
> > > some restaurants close to campus that I can think of are:
> > >
> > > Chili's (Texas Ave.)
> > >
> > > Mi Cocina (G Bush)
> > >
> > > Somewhere in Northgate (I'm not very familiar with what's all in
> > > Northgate)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Let me know what you guys think!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Kaustav Ghoshal
> >
> > Graduate Assistant- Research
> > Telecommunications Academy
> > Texas A&M University
> > www.kaustav.org
> > (979)-571-8874
> >
> ________________________________________________________________________
> > _____________________
> > "...Suffering, as I am, from the sequential nature human of
> > communication." ~E.W. Dijkstra
> > _______________________________________________
> > http://brazosvalley.pm.org
> > Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> > Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brazosvalley-pm
> > _______________________________________________
> > http://brazosvalley.pm.org
> > Brazosvalley-pm mailing list
> > Brazosvalley-pm at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brazosvalley-pm
> >
> >
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--
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Graduate Assistant- Research
Telecommunications Academy
Texas A&M University
www.kaustav.org
(979)-571-8874
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
"...Suffering, as I am, from the sequential nature human of communication."
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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Mon May  8 15:42:26 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 17:42:26 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D2D5@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

I'm not sure what the headcount will be for the first get together next
Monday (5/10), but I'll want to talk about ideas people have for the
group.  Being more of a 'social meeting' atmosphere, I'm not sure how
much 'getting down to business' we'll actually get done, but the main
thing I want to cover is technical meetings.  It's something that can be
covered on the list, so it's not that big of a deal, but I want to try
to work out a recurring date/time and get an idea for some technical
topics.  

 

I know that once we get fairly active, we can start trying to bring in a
'big name' or moderately big name here and there.  One of the companies
I did contract work for know Allison Randal and said that when she's in
the area or doing some work for them, they can let me know and we can
see about getting her to address the group.

 

Please feel free to post any questions, comments, code samples,
shortcuts, ideas, thoughts, or whatever to the list.  Is anyone planning
on going to YAPC::NA this year?  I'm going to try.  It looks like my
only obstacle so far is travel.  My wife and daughter would more than
likely be going with me, so I just need to figure out how a 1-year-old
will do with the trip. :-)

 

Jeremy

 

 

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Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu

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From support at bettercgi.com  Tue May  9 16:22:38 2006
From: support at bettercgi.com (Ray Morris)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:22:38 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First meeting
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> I'm not sure what the headcount will be for the first
> get together next Monday (5/10)

    According to my calendar, Monday 5/10 won't happen
until 2010.  We ARE talking about next Monday, 2006-05-15,
correct?  For the real Perl geeks, that's 1150416000 CST,
AKA 0b1000100100100011111010010000000 CST. ;)
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On 05/08/2006 05:42:26 PM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> I'm not sure what the headcount will be for the first get together
> next
> Monday (5/10), but I'll want to talk about ideas people have for the
> group.  Being more of a 'social meeting' atmosphere, I'm not sure how
> much 'getting down to business' we'll actually get done, but the main
> thing I want to cover is technical meetings.  It's something that can
> be
> covered on the list, so it's not that big of a deal, but I want to
> try
> to work out a recurring date/time and get an idea for some technical
> topics.
> 
> 
> 
> I know that once we get fairly active, we can start trying to bring in
> a
> 'big name' or moderately big name here and there.  One of the
> companies
> I did contract work for know Allison Randal and said that when she's
> in
> the area or doing some work for them, they can let me know and we can
> see about getting her to address the group.
> 
> 
> 
> Please feel free to post any questions, comments, code samples,
> shortcuts, ideas, thoughts, or whatever to the list.  Is anyone
> planning
> on going to YAPC::NA this year?  I'm going to try.  It looks like my
> only obstacle so far is travel.  My wife and daughter would more than
> likely be going with me, so I just need to figure out how a
> 1-year-old
> will do with the trip. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy Fluhmann
> Programmer/Analyst
> Memorial Student Center
> Texas A&M University
> 979-845-8893
> jeremy at msc.tamu.edu
> 
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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Tue May  9 19:06:51 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:06:51 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] First meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF010082DC@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

>     According to my calendar, Monday 5/10 won't happen
> until 2010.  We ARE talking about next Monday, 2006-05-15,
> correct?  For the real Perl geeks, that's 1150416000 CST,
> AKA 0b1000100100100011111010010000000 CST. ;)

I wasn't sure if this coming Monday (5/15) was too soon so I wanted to give everyone a 4 year advanced notice. ;-)
I guess 5/10 stuck in my head because I'm going to Austin for a workshop.  Anyway, Monday, May 15th, 2006, 7:00p @ Chili's on Texas Ave. 
 
Jeremy
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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Mon May 15 12:03:17 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:03:17 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Meeting tonight at Chilis
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D300@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Just wanted to remind everyone of the "meeting" tonight.

 

Chili's on Texas Ave. (1063 Texas Ave., College Station, 979-696-4261)

7:00p

 

They don't take reservations, so I'm just supposed to call them when I'm
on my way and they'll setup the table(s).  It'll be under 'The Perl
Group'.  The mailing list has 10 people on it right now, but I know not
everyone will make it.  I'm not expecting a grand turnout, but I'm
hoping to at least get some things established for the group and have
the opportunity to meet some of you.  I'll send a summary of what was
discussed to the list and everyone, especially those that weren't able
to attend, can comment and make suggestions.

 

If you plan on attending, please let me know so that I can have a better
estimate to give Chili's when I call.  So far I have three people for
sure.

 

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

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Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
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979-845-8893
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From support at bettercgi.com  Mon May 15 12:32:05 2006
From: support at bettercgi.com (Ray Morris)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:32:05 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Meeting tonight at Chilis
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D300@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
	(from jeremy@msc.tamu.edu on Mon May 15 14:03:17 2006)
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D300@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
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   I'll be there.  Well, unless I'm plannning on it
until 6 PM and then between 6 and 7 I totally forget
about it.  I tend to be an absent minded professor.

   BTW I though about something that may be an interesting
topic for some meeting and a way to learn a bit.
I wonder what you guys think of this.  We could hold
a code review, where we go through some existing code
line by line looking for what the author has done already
and what could be improved regarding performance, correctness,
robustness, style, etc.  That can be VERY informative.
For example I have a script I'd been working on for about
5 years now, a pretty simple script, and though I've
been a Perl professional for some time and know my stuff
pretty well, I'm sure you guys, looking at the code with
a fresh pair of eyes, could easily point out 100 places
in the code where I could have done something better.
I know I still spot things every so often even though
I've looked at the code thousands of times.  There are
also tricks I already used in the code that may be
interesting to some people.  For example, I faced a problem -
I had an operation that needed to query an external server,
which would take at least two seconds.  Given the application,
I couldn't allow more than one second for the operation.
I couldn't speed up the operation and I couldn't wait
any longer than one second for it to run, so I found a way
to run a two second long, yet even though it takes two
seconds to run it finishes after just a few milliseconds.
A ghood trick, that one.

   Actually that trick reminds me of another possible topic.
We could have a challenge.  Everybody codes up a script to
solve a simple problem posed in the challenge and then we
compare solutions and learn from each other.  One interesting
challenge was one I came across a few years ago on a local
radio station.  One of the stations here, 99.5 I think, used
to have "the telephone game".  In the telephone game, the DJ
would choose a secret word,for example, "program".  They would
then look at the numbers on the telephone key pad that represented
those letters and give you the numbers IN RANDOM ORDER.
So for the word "program they might say the numbers were
7, 6, 2, 4, 6 and 7.  Each number could represent three or
for different possible letters, so you don't know which
letters are actually used, and they aren't given in order,
so it's a very hard challenge.  Even with a hint giving the
general type of word it often took 30 minutes or more for
someone to call in with the correct answer.  I wanted to win
the prize as often as possible, so I wrote a simple script
that would solve the puzzle in under two seconds on my 500Mhz
machine.  I'd dial in as soon as he started reading the numbers
and by the time he answered the phone my script give me all
of the English words matching those numbers, from which I
would choose based on the hint.  It would be interesting to
see how other people would go about writing something like
that and how fast we could get it to run.  As I said, mine
ran in less than 2 seconds, I don't remember exactly how
fast it was.
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On 05/15/2006 02:03:17 PM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> Just wanted to remind everyone of the "meeting" tonight.
> 
> 
> 
> Chili's on Texas Ave. (1063 Texas Ave., College Station,
> 979-696-4261)
> 
> 7:00p
> 
> 
> 
> They don't take reservations, so I'm just supposed to call them when
> I'm
> on my way and they'll setup the table(s).  It'll be under 'The Perl
> Group'.  The mailing list has 10 people on it right now, but I know
> not
> everyone will make it.  I'm not expecting a grand turnout, but I'm
> hoping to at least get some things established for the group and have
> the opportunity to meet some of you.  I'll send a summary of what was
> discussed to the list and everyone, especially those that weren't
> able
> to attend, can comment and make suggestions.
> 
> 
> 
> If you plan on attending, please let me know so that I can have a
> better
> estimate to give Chili's when I call.  So far I have three people for
> sure.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy Fluhmann
> Programmer/Analyst
> Memorial Student Center
> Texas A&M University
> 979-845-8893
> jeremy at msc.tamu.edu
> 
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> you
> are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this
> information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail
> transmission
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> this e-mail from your system.
> 
> 
> 
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From PAcharya at lib-gw.tamu.edu  Mon May 15 14:46:26 2006
From: PAcharya at lib-gw.tamu.edu (Prabha Acharya)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:46:26 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Meeting tonight at Chilis
Message-ID: <s468b07c.074@lib-gw.tamu.edu>

Hello All,

I am new to this group, let me introduce myself. I am a programmer
analyst working in the TAMU Libraries and write some Perl scripts
although for the most part my work is in PHP. I am quite new to Perl -
started using it only in the past year and am glad that I can pick your
brains :)

I would have liked to attend today's meeting but have something else
planned at that time. Will join you folks next time. A special thanks to
Jeremy for setting up this group. 

Have a good day!
Prabha


>>> jeremy at msc.tamu.edu 05/15 2:03 PM >>>
Just wanted to remind everyone of the "meeting" tonight.

 

Chili's on Texas Ave. (1063 Texas Ave., College Station, 979-696-4261)

7:00p

 

They don't take reservations, so I'm just supposed to call them when
I'm
on my way and they'll setup the table(s).  It'll be under 'The Perl
Group'.  The mailing list has 10 people on it right now, but I know
not
everyone will make it.  I'm not expecting a grand turnout, but I'm
hoping to at least get some things established for the group and have
the opportunity to meet some of you.  I'll send a summary of what was
discussed to the list and everyone, especially those that weren't able
to attend, can comment and make suggestions.

 

If you plan on attending, please let me know so that I can have a
better
estimate to give Chili's when I call.  So far I have three people for
sure.

 

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

Jeremy Fluhmann
Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu 

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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Wed May 17 06:29:30 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 08:29:30 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Meeting tonight at Chilis
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D30A@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

> I am new to this group, let me introduce myself. I am a programmer
> analyst working in the TAMU Libraries and write some Perl scripts
> although for the most part my work is in PHP. I am quite new to Perl -
> started using it only in the past year and am glad that I can pick
your
> brains :)

Welcome to the group, Prabha!  I'm the Programmer/Analyst for the
Memorial Student Center at TAMU.

> I would have liked to attend today's meeting but have something else
> planned at that time. Will join you folks next time. A special thanks
to
> Jeremy for setting up this group. 

Thanks!  I'm going to be working on setting up the next meeting for the
first part of June.  It'll probably be at an office building or meeting
room somewhere.  I want to get a better sense for what people are
interested in so that I can have a better idea of what future meeting
topics might be.

Again, welcome to the group!

Jeremy


From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Thu May 18 10:05:55 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:05:55 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] from first meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D317@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

We finally had our first 'get together' this past Monday.  Seven people
showed up, which is great because it was a few more than I had expected.
As I mentioned that night, I'm working with the Houston group to prepare
a bid proposal to bring YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) to Houston
next year.  I'm not certain if the Houston group will want to take full
ownership or join with us as a partnership, but when I approached their
group leader with the idea of hosting YAPC::NA, my intent was as a
partnership between our groups.  If everyone likes the idea, I will
continue to pursue it as a partnership.  Jim mentioned that the group he
advises, Cepheid Variable, could possibly be a large part of our
volunteer base (and resource for conference advice).  That would be
great!

 

Ray had mentioned about possibly having a code review session.  I think
that's a great idea.  It would allow everyone to see various ways that
other people do things as well as possibly help the code being reviewed
to be more efficient.  This could also give some of the 'newbie' Perl
people exposure to some more advanced Perl programming.

 

Thanks to everyone that was able to make the social meeting.  I look
forward to meeting with everyone again.

 

Thanks,
Jeremy

http://brazosvalley.pm.org <http://brazosvalley.pm.org/> 

 

Jeremy Fluhmann
Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu

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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Thu May 18 10:10:34 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:10:34 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Next meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D318@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Monthly Meeting Location:

Does anyone know of a place (company, office building, etc.) that would
be willing to provide us with a monthly meeting location?  As with
anything, we could provide a 'sponsorship' link on our home page.  I
know MicroAge has provided some other groups with meeting space, but I'm
not sure where else in the area would do this.  I'll do some searching
this weekend and see if I come up with anything.

 

I'm planning on having the next meeting early-, to mid-June, as long as
we can find a meeting location.  I'm still working on recruiting new
members, so if anyone knows of some other people that might be
interested, please direct them to the website
(http://brazosvalley.pm.org <http://brazosvalley.pm.org/> ) and have
them join the mailing list.  I'm using the mailing list to keep track of
our numbers.  I know that not everyone on the list is local, but I can
kind of pick those people out.  I think at least two of the people that
were at the social meeting aren't on the list yet (Chris - BioPerl girl,
and James - new Perl guy), but I'm going to try and remember at the next
meeting to make sure everyone knows about the list if they're not on it.

 

Thanks,

Jeremy

http://brazosvalley.pm.org <http://brazosvalley.pm.org/> 

 

 

Jeremy Fluhmann
Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu

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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Fri May 19 07:19:34 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:19:34 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Perl banned from competition - 1997
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D31D@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

At the social meeting, I mentioned a story about Perl being banned from
a competition for making the contest problems too easy to solve.  Here
is a copy of the original article....

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean J. Edwards 
 
Originally posted on www.perl.org in 1997:
 
                          Perl "Too Good" 
 
 
This is a true story. Names have not been changed.
 
UCLA's Computer Science Undergraduate Association regularly hosts its
programming competition.  Contestants are given six complex problems and
have three hours to write programs to solve as many of the problems as
possible. In 1997, the rules stated that any programming language could
be used so long as you solved the problem, so then-undergraduate Keith
Chiem entered and used Perl.
 
Keith did not merely win, he conquered. He solved five of the six
problems in the three hours allotted.  The second-place two-person team
solved only three problems. They, needless to say, were not using Perl.
 
But if you're a UCLA undergraduate contemplating entering the contest
and using Perl, don't bother. After Keith's conquest, Perl was banned
from the contest.
 
You've got to admire a language that is banned because it makes problems
too easy to solve.
 
These days, Keith is reportedly a sysadmin at Yahoo! Inc., and is
wondering what to do with the copy of Visual C++ that was his prize.
 
-- 
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From sonali at technozant.com  Fri May 19 11:21:12 2006
From: sonali at technozant.com (Sonali Nimbagiri)
Date: 19 May 2006 14:21:12 -0400
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Perl Position
Message-ID: <26766611.1148062872474.JavaMail.cfservice@webserver24>



Hello,
 

We are an organization that represents a select group of companies that use us to identify, separate, isolate, and weed out top talent throughout Texas. 
 
One of our clients in Austin is looking to hire couple of senior perl programmers. These are contract to hire positions and below given is the job description. Please let me know if any of you would be interested in this position or if you can refer someone you know.
 
Thanks
Sonali
Technozant
773-693-0147
sonali at technozant.com
www.technozant.com
 



Our client is looking for an experienced Perl programmer to maintain and develop software for our high availability, high traffic web applications.  If you are a Senior level Engineer with a ?do-what-it-takes? attitude, and you thrive on making a difference then this is the place for you.

Based in Austin, Texas, Our client supports and develops full-service shipping technologies for Fortune 100 companies, and major European carriers.  This position will give you the opportunity to work closely with our local development team as well as with other groups in the US and Europe.  We combine the advantages of a dynamic, high-energy start-up environment in a small team locally with the perks of a large multi-national parent corporation with financial stability and great employee benefits.

 

Your key responsibilities will include:

?         Designing and developing software used by thousands of users a day according to functional and technical design specifications

?         Maintaining software currently used by major corporations and carriers

?         Working closely with various teams- business, QA, operations, development to design and develop new products

?         Brainstorming with other brilliant people to change the future of online shipping

?         Enjoying your job and having fun at work

Skills required:

?         3-5 years programming experience with an emphasis on web based applications

?         Advanced knowledge of  Perl combined with strong  Javascript experience

?         Familiarity with Unix/Linux environment and SQL

?         Solid, demonstrated problem solving skills

?         Excellent written and verbal communication skills

?         The ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

?         Must have a strong work ethic and be a fast learner/self starter

Experience desired:

?         Some Java is desirable but not required

?         Some experience/familiarity with Mason or emb Perl

?         Knowledge of XML technologies/languages and APIs for processing XML

?         Knowledge of client technologies including XHTML/CSS 

?         Experience with Apache/Tomcat, mod_perl, CVS, AJAX

?         Some project lead experience highly desired

What we offer to our employees:

?         Competitive compensation including base salary and bonus potential

?         Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance

?         401(k) plan with generous matching and no vesting requirement

?         Dynamic, cohesive work environment with people who enjoy working with each other

?         Small startup company environment plus a stable, profitable parent company

?         Opportunity to work with diverse group of people in Europe as well as the US

?         Convenient nearly downtown office

?         Free breakfast tacos every Friday!

 

Our client is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V.

Must be eligible for employment in the United States as a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Local candidates strongly preferred although relocation can be considered for the perfect candidate.



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From support at bettercgi.com  Wed May 24 01:10:20 2006
From: support at bettercgi.com (Ray Morris)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 03:10:20 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Perl banned from competition - 1997
Message-ID: <1148458220l.9699l.7l@raydesk1.bettercgi.com>

    Remind's me of a (mis)quote -

    A good C programmer can write a Perl interpreter,
but a good Perl programmer can write a C pretty
printer before the C programmer is half way done
declaring variables.

    The original quote was C versus VB, but I figure
it applies.  I don't recall if that was Bruce McKinney
or Dan Appleman who said that ...
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On 05/19/2006 09:19:34 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> At the social meeting, I mentioned a story about Perl being banned
> from
> a competition for making the contest problems too easy to solve.
> Here
> is a copy of the original article....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean J. Edwards
> 
> Originally posted on www.perl.org in 1997:
> 
>                           Perl "Too Good"
> 
> 
> This is a true story. Names have not been changed.
> 
> UCLA's Computer Science Undergraduate Association regularly hosts its
> programming competition.  Contestants are given six complex problems
> and
> have three hours to write programs to solve as many of the problems
> as
> possible. In 1997, the rules stated that any programming language
> could
> be used so long as you solved the problem, so then-undergraduate
> Keith
> Chiem entered and used Perl.
> 
> Keith did not merely win, he conquered. He solved five of the six
> problems in the three hours allotted.  The second-place two-person
> team
> solved only three problems. They, needless to say, were not using
> Perl.
> 
> But if you're a UCLA undergraduate contemplating entering the contest
> and using Perl, don't bother. After Keith's conquest, Perl was banned
> from the contest.
> 
> You've got to admire a language that is banned because it makes
> problems
> too easy to solve.
> 
> These days, Keith is reportedly a sysadmin at Yahoo! Inc., and is
> wondering what to do with the copy of Visual C++ that was his prize.
> 
> --
> -=Sean Edwards=-
> 
> 
> 
> 

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From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com  Wed May 31 21:11:05 2006
From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 23:11:05 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] YAPC::NA
Message-ID: <49d805d70605312111r364c211cg60d5aabd0e050efb@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there fellow Perl Mongers.  I'm writing to remind you all that
YAPC::NA is only a few weeks away.  The conference will be held in
Chicago June 26th through 28th and will feature four simultaneous
sessions of Perl talks for three days in addition to a job fair,
banquet, and auction.  After the conference Damian Conway, Randal
Schwartz, and brian d foy will be sticking around and conducting
professional training classes and extremely reduced prices.

This email is a little spammy (sorry about that), but I just wanted to
remind you all about the conference and also ask for your help in
promoting it so that we can fill up the few spots that are remaining.

For more information check out http://www.yapcchicago.org.

We invite you to put up posters:

  http://yapcchicago.org/yapc_poster.pdf
  http://yapcchicago.org/yapc_poster_white.pdf

Or maybe a web banner:

  http://www.yapcchicago.org/yapc_banner_wide.jpg
  http://www.yapcchicago.org/yapc_banner_narrow.jpg

Thank you for your help in making YAPC a success once again,

Josh McAdams