Phoenix.pm: Meeting 08/02/2001

Doug Miles doug.miles at bpxinternet.com
Wed Aug 1 12:53:13 CDT 2001


Scott Walters wrote:

> I would *love* a first hand report, and I for one wouldn't mind a talk
> on SelfGOL (sinse I'll prolly never have the chance to see Damian
> present it himself).
> 
> -s

I second this!  Rob, would you be able to present this next time?

> 
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Svirskas Rob-ERS007 wrote:
> 
> 
>> I won't be able to make it this week, but if anyone's interested in the five days of madness and mayhem commonly referred to as the "O'Reilly Open Source Convention", I can give a brief on it next meeting. I'm still recovering from Damian Conway's talk on "SelfGOL", a 999-byte viral quine that also manages to animate banner text and play Conway's "Game of Life".
>>                                              - Rob
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Walters [mailto:phaedrus at contactdesigns.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:33 PM
>> To: Phoenix.pm
>> Subject: Re: Phoenix.pm: Meeting 08/02/2001
>> 
>> 
>> First post!!!
>> (Sorry, my IQ is attached to the LA power grid. It kinda goes up
>> and down throughout the day...)
>> 
>> For some time in the future, I've got a couple of small apps
>> I can present... Yes, I take requests, and require motivation =)
>> 
>> 1) Poll booth software that allows users to place multiple votes,
>>    and divides their single vote into "virtual" smaller votes.
>>    [To do - instant run-offs, then I can sell it to the US gov't].
>> 
>> 2) Mail sorting, indexing, uniquifing software with a hand full
>>    of indexes and reports.
>> 
>> 3) "How to" for desinging credit card gateway clients (all banks
>>    are basicly the same but each different and undocumented).
>> 
>> 4) An expandy-contracty-thing for drilling down within a document.
>> 
>> 5) Perl interface to the Linux module that loads new microcode
>>    into Intel PIII chips
>> 
>> 6) I'm at the library right now looking at sime simple fuzzy logic 
>>    software in C that I could be persuaded to translate to Perl
>> 
>> 7) Braindead webserver in Perl (about 60 lines long, don't remember).
>> 
>> One of those is a decoy, but I'm curious to see if anyone asks for it =)
>> Mind you, this is only if no one has anything...
>> 
>> [trying this again, first attempt seems to have got lost.. email doesnt
>> work for me]
>> 
>> -scott
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Doug Miles wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> We'll be having a Phoenix.pm meeting Thursday August 2nd at 7:00PM.
>>> It will be held at The Willow House, which is located at 149 W. McDowell
>>> Rd., which is just West of Bowne on McDowell.  This is a social meeting,
>>> so just show up, hang out, and have fun.  The Willow House has coffee,
>>> and sandwiches, so bring some money if you are hungry.  If you want more
>>> information, visit http://www.willowhouse.com/.  See you there!
>>> 
>>> -- 
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>>> to improve our quality of life, press 3.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 





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