From japh at cos.agilent.com Mon Jul 1 12:34:34 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch for July? Message-ID: <001901c22125$911ba5d0$80441d82@TC5570P> Our regularly scheduled day is a holiday. Any comments from the group about rescheduling? I could make it up next Monday (7/8), Tuesday (7/9), or Friday (7/12). <>< Tim From dave.waddell at wcom.com Mon Jul 1 14:53:19 2002 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch for July? In-Reply-To: <001901c22125$911ba5d0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020701135319.008df1e0@pop.mcit.com> Tuesday would be fine for me. David At 11:34 AM 7/1/02 -0600, Tim Chambers wrote: >Our regularly scheduled day is a holiday. Any comments from the group about >rescheduling? I could make it up next Monday (7/8), Tuesday (7/9), or Friday >(7/12). > ><>< Tim > > > From japh at cos.agilent.com Wed Jul 3 10:53:45 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch next Tuesday Message-ID: <002901c222a9$d098d6d0$80441d82@TC5570P> Based on three positive replies I received, it looks like it's worth having a "make-up" lunch for July. Mark your calendars now. Because of the long holiday weekend, I won't announce a venue until next Monday. So keep those suggestions coming all week! WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Tuesday, 7/9, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From deedsmis at aculink.net Mon Jul 8 05:20:19 2002 From: deedsmis at aculink.net (SoloCDM) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Prompt Retrieval Message-ID: <3D296763.FBA49CAB@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> How do I retrieve a number from the prompt? How would I retrieve an alpha character from the prompt? How do I use them in a script? Do I need to do anything else to the attached script to make it work with a number from the prompt? -- Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list/newsgroup address and my email address in To:. ********************************************************************* Signed, SoloCDM -------------- next part -------------- #!/usr/bin/perl -w # $adjustment = $@; $mequa = (1<<16)*$adjustment/.0864; print "$mequa\n"; From dave.waddell at wcom.com Mon Jul 8 09:57:47 2002 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch next Tuesday In-Reply-To: <002901c222a9$d098d6d0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020708085747.009093e0@pop.mcit.com> Has anyone tried the Italian Delicatessen on Garden of Gods? It is on the south side about 2 blocks west of Wendy's. I purchased some cheese there. They have tables and look like they have some good pasta. David At 09:53 AM 7/3/02 -0600, Tim Chambers wrote: >Based on three positive replies I received, it looks like it's worth having >a "make-up" lunch for July. > >Mark your calendars now. > >Because of the long holiday weekend, I won't announce a venue until next >Monday. So keep those suggestions coming all week! > >WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch >WHERE: TBD >WHEN: Tuesday, 7/9, at 11:30 >WHY: food and geekly conversation > >Any suggestions for where to meet? > ><>< Tim > > > From jtevans at kilnar.com Mon Jul 8 10:53:46 2002 From: jtevans at kilnar.com (John Evans) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch next Tuesday In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020708085747.009093e0@pop.mcit.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, David R. Waddell wrote: > Has anyone tried the Italian Delicatessen on Garden of Gods? > It is on the south side about 2 blocks west of Wendy's. I > purchased some cheese there. They have tables and look like > they have some good pasta. > David > Sounds like you're describing Mollica's. Excellent Deli! Best one in town that I've been to. -- John Evans http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ From japh at cos.agilent.com Mon Jul 8 11:50:02 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch TOMORROW References: <002901c222a9$d098d6d0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <00c101c2269f$81d460b0$80441d82@TC5570P> Thanks for the suggestion, Dave. Mollica's it is! WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: Mollica's (in the shopping plaza near Wendy's, Garden of the Gods and Chestnut) WHEN: Tuesday, 7/9, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation P.S. FYI -- pm.org was hacked and has locked down the system, so I haven't been able to update our Web site. From pwdrhound at pcisys.net Mon Jul 8 15:05:09 2002 From: pwdrhound at pcisys.net (pwdrhound@pcisys.net) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch TOMORROW Message-ID: <200207082105.g68L59ex008187@leo.pcisys.net> > Thanks for the suggestion, Dave. Mollica's it is! > > WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch > WHERE: Mollica's (in the shopping plaza near Wendy's, Garden of the Gods and > Chestnut) > WHEN: Tuesday, 7/9, at 11:30 > WHY: food and geekly conversation > > P.S. FYI -- pm.org was hacked and has locked down the system, so I haven't > been able to update our Web site. I'll be there. Sorry to hear about pm.org's hacking. How serious was it? Greg Walters --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ From japh at cos.agilent.com Mon Jul 8 16:14:51 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: pm.org hacked References: <200207082105.g68L59ex008187@leo.pcisys.net> Message-ID: <011401c226c4$8083c500$80441d82@TC5570P> Greg wrote: > ...Sorry to hear about pm.org's hacking. How serious was it? They're not saying. They give a URL: http://www.pm.org/whynologin.html All it says is, "Sorry, for a while, all logins and file transfers are discontinued. We were hacked and it will take a while before it's safe to allow logins. " From japh at cos.agilent.com Tue Jul 9 12:04:43 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY (FREE to one lurker!) Message-ID: <006201c2276a$b9210200$80441d82@TC5570P> WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: Mollica's (in the shopping plaza near Wendy's, Garden of the Gods and Chestnut) WHEN: TODAY (Tuesday, 7/9) at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation To encourage new members to come out for the event, I'm running an impromptu contest. Today I will buy lunch (up to $10) for the first Perl monger who contacts me under the following conditions: (1) you must never have been to a PPPM lunch which I have attended, (2) you must get to Mollica's by 12:15 today. To claim this gift, you can either reply to this e-mail (hedge your chances of getting my attention by sending your message both to japh@cephas.cos.agilent.com and to my cell phone tbc@vtext.com), call me, or meet me at Mollica's. Maybe you're getting this late -- that's alright. What does it hurt to try? I'll reply to everyone who enters so that you know whether you are the winner. (My cell phone can send e-mail, too.) Hope to see you all there. <>< Tim 590-5570 (w) 651-0116 (cell) From japh at cos.agilent.com Tue Jul 9 15:10:43 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: summary of lunch today References: <006201c2276a$b9210200$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <003601c22784$b4c52320$80441d82@TC5570P> > Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY (FREE to one lurker!) > ... > To encourage new members to come out for the event, I'm running an impromptu > contest. Thanks for playing. No winner today. Maybe I'll offer this again next month. (No jumping the gun. :-) Today we had outstanding geekly conversation. Hardly any of it had to do with Perl. :-) DaveW, BobG, and GregW were there. We talked some about the rising discontent among musicians regarding their treatment by the recording companies. Kuro5hin had a couple stories recently: Music as Art, Not a Commodity: Three Models (4 July) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/7/3/23110/86649 How to Take Down the Music Industry http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/6/29/154446/646 You heard it here first: in our lifetime, an artist will come along and garner a gold record-level audience without having ever signed a contract. That will be the end of the beginning of the decline of the media industry's stranglehold on content. Until next month, Tim ><> From japh at cos.agilent.com Thu Jul 11 11:52:03 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Fw: Hi Pikes Peak Perl Mongers, Can I ask a question? Message-ID: <000901c228fb$4900b280$80441d82@TC5570P> I do filter out the spammers who try to send to the list, but I got this naive message today and wanted to share it. I hope you don't mind. Ya izuchalsa Russkim yazikom vsyevo tolko dva goda (I studied Russian for two years), so I have a soft spot for the people. DISCLAIMER: I am not endorsing Kamoto. I know nothing about them beyond the fact that they sent me this message. This message is intended for ENTERTAINMENT purposes only. No warranties or guaranties are expressed or implied. Not resposible for financial losses or material damages. Yada, yada. <>< Tim From: info@kamoto.ru Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:23:12 +0600 Message-Id: <200207110423.KAA12700@dc.ektb.ru> X-Comment-To: My God Subject: Hi Pikes Peak Perl Mongers, Can I ask a question? X-Mailer: ActiveX Server Component SMTP Version 1.0.6 X-Sender: pride MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanner: Scanned by Inflex 1.0.12 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-UIDL: 8acf3786b5aded18a847c72e46147c4f To: Pikes Peak Perl Mongers Hi, My name is Nataly. I've recently visited your company's official web site http://pikes-peak.pm.org/, I appreciated your professionalism. Are you interested in extra PROFIT by outsourcing some of the projects to a company with dramatic low personnel costs? Kamoto www.kamoto.net is a rapidly growing Russian web development company specializing in offshore software outsourcing. Our rates: $9-12/hour We are experts in ASP, PHP, Perl, JSP, Cold Fusion, Java Script, VB Script, Database MS Access, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle. E-mail us with a description of your project and allow us to give you an estimate. Whether it is a long-term project or a simple Java applet, you will reliably get professional results at the lowest price. We can prove that quality does not necessarily have to be expensive! 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Designed to foster discovery and community between Mac OS X users and groups just coming aboard this state-of-the-art operating system, the conference takes place at the Westin Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA from September 30 to October 3, 2002 http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT User Group members who register before August 9, 2002 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/create/ord_mac02 PUT UP A CONFERENCE BANNER, GET A FREE BOOK We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. Mac OS X Conference Banners: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/19/banner_ads.html ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ ------------------------------- GENERAL NEWS ------------------------------- USER GROUPS CAN BE JOB SPRINGBOARDS Joining a user group is a good way to network, gain expertise. This article was originally ran in "The Dallas Morning News" on May 12, 2002. http://classifieds.dallasnews.com/employment/it/t1usersgroup_12emp.ART.fa52. html WHAT'S NEW WITH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS When it came time to update "Mastering Regular Expressions," Jeffrey Friedl was shocked to find out how much had really changed. This article touches on some of the high-level changes between the first and second edition of the book. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/07/15/regexp.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- EFFICIENT STRING MANIPULATIONS WITH STRINGBUILDER In .NET programming, string manipulation with the String class is problematic, but there is an alternative--the StringBuilder class. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/07/15/string.html Budi Kurniawan is coauthor of "VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell." Order Number: 2572 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetcore/ --------------------- OPEN SOURCE --------------------- AN ANGEL FOR OPEN SOURCE Richard Koman talks to Pam Samuelson, a U.C. Berkeley law professor, about the new high-tech clinic she co-founded to assist open source developers with legal and legislative assistance. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/07/22/pam.html LISA NYMAN DISCUSSES OPEN SOURCE IN GOVERNMENT Sam Williams interviews Lisa Nyman, co-creator of QuickFacts, a Web service that uses Perl, Apache, and MySQL to enable visitors to track down national census data using a single pull-down menu. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/15/nyman_interview.html LINUX IN GOVERNMENT Sam Williams looks at the impact of open source software in government--both inside and outside the U.S. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/16/linux_in_govt.html For more on this timely topic, don't miss the "Open Source in Government Panel" at this month's OSCON: http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/16/linux_in_govt.html TEN MYSQL BEST PRACTICES Help for the security, maintenance, and performance of a MySQL installation. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/07/11/MySQLtips.html ------------------------------- WEB DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------- COLDFUSION MX ON MAC OS X, PART 2 In Part 2 of this series, Dick Applebaum digs deeper into ColdFusion MX. First he shows you a simple example of ColdFusion code. Then he outlines ColdFusion's role in various web scenarios. The article concludes with a step-by-step preparation list for Part 3 that covers the actual installation on Mac OS X. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/07/03/coldfusion_two.html --------------------- MAC --------------------- 2002 MDJ POWER 25 Tim O'Reilly, David Pogue, Adam Engst, and Sal Soghoian are among this year's Mac-industry notables making the MDJ Power 25 list. http://www.macjournals.com/pages/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2002.html All four will speak at September's O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ 3-D DATA VISUALIZATION ON MAC OS X Visualization is the process of transforming and mapping data into graphic primitives. In this tutorial Michael Norton shows you how to use VTK and Tcl to create 3-D data visualization on Mac OS X. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/28/data_visualization.html THE AQUA DESIGNER'S TOOLBOX Carpenters, engineers, baristas--they all have their favorite tools. Graphic designers are no different. Whether you're new to the Mac platform, or interested in expanding your toolset, here's an overview of select design tools for Mac OS X. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/07/16/aqua_design.html ================================================ ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS ================================================ Pittsburgh, PA-- THE SUMMER SLAM: JAVA MEETS .NET You may be a devout Java programmer or you may be committed to Microsoft's .NET framework or you may be an XMLer caught in the middle. Why can't we all just get along? For this one day in August we can. This year we've decided to combine the PittJUG and PGHDOTNET Summer Socials. All Java, .NET, and XML enthusiasts are welcome. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the benefits and challenges of each technology through informal conversations with your peers. One thing is guaranteed...there will be lively conversation and cool refreshments. Join us at Fatheads on the SouthSide. The party starts 4pm on August 22nd and lasts until you leave. To register contact Sadiq at 412-918-4229 or emailto: sdurham@pghtech.org. Until next time, Marsee From japh at cos.agilent.com Mon Jul 29 14:40:18 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <005a01c23737$c554c070$80441d82@TC5570P> Mark your calendars now. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, 8/1, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From matt.long at matthew-long.com Mon Jul 29 14:45:11 2002 From: matt.long at matthew-long.com (Matt Long) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <005a01c23737$c554c070$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <005d01c23738$73c65830$6401a8c0@ebiztech.com> Marigolds has some great food. You just have to make sure to go early. 11:30 should be early enough. -Matt -----Original Message----- From: owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org [mailto:owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org] On Behalf Of Tim Chambers Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:40 PM To: Pikes Peak Perl Mongers Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Mark your calendars now. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, 8/1, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From dave.waddell at wcom.com Mon Jul 29 15:12:54 2002 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020729141254.008d8560@pop.mcit.com> Marigolds has some great food. You just have to make sure to go early. 11:30 should be early enough. -Matt -----Original Message----- From: owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org [mailto:owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org] On Behalf Of Tim Chambers Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:40 PM To: Pikes Peak Perl Mongers Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Mark your calendars now. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, 8/1, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From dave.waddell at wcom.com Tue Jul 30 12:15:43 2002 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020729141254.008d8560@pop.mcit.com> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020730111543.008b5100@pop.mcit.com> Hi Tim, I have a schedule conflict and can't make it this Thursday (:-( David From japh at cos.agilent.com Tue Jul 30 14:08:39 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday References: <005a01c23737$c554c070$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <005301c237fc$84932fc0$80441d82@TC5570P> Thanks for the suggestion, Matt. Marigolds sounds good to me. I'll send a reminder Thursday morning. <>< Tim From japh at cos.agilent.com Tue Jul 30 16:54:43 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:13 2004 Subject: details for Perl lunch this Thursday References: <005a01c23737$c554c070$80441d82@TC5570P> <005301c237fc$84932fc0$80441d82@TC5570P> <3D46E784.4090309@LoehrTech.com> Message-ID: <00a801c23813$b6fe04f0$80441d82@TC5570P> Ed wrote: > Would you forward info on the location of Marigolds? WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: Marigold's on Centennial north of Garden of the Gods Rd. WHEN: Thursday, 8/1 at 11:30 Directions: Marigolds is on Centennial, just north of Garden of the Gods Rd at the first light. <>< Tim 719.590.5570 (w) 719.651.0116 (cell)