From alexander.232 at osu.edu Mon Jul 3 10:57:22 2000 From: alexander.232 at osu.edu (Jason Alexander) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:05 2004 Subject: [columbus.pm] [Fwd: golf invite (fwd)] Message-ID: <3960B7E2.12C8B506@osu.edu> brian d foy wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 19:11:24 -0400 > From: Uri Guttman > To: brian d foy > Subject: golf invite > > brian, > > lease forward this to the monger group leaders and ask them to forward > it to their local lists. note, they have first crack at registering and > in a few days i will announce it everywhere else. you can say something > to that effect (and it is in the invitation too). > > thanx, > > uri > > Announcing the First Annual Perl Golf Apocalypse > > Larry Wall, the father of Perl, has observed that the three virtues of a > programmer are laziness, impatience, and hubris. Laziness has been > explained as doing more with less. A variation of that is doing the same > with less. For quite a while the newsgroup comp.lang.perl.misc has had > threads where each poster was trying to solve a basic problem with > shorter code than the previous post. This type of coding competition was > named Perl Golf by Greg Bacon because in both Perl and physical golf the > goal is to finish with the fewest (key)strokes. > > Now the Perl Golf Committee (led by Uri, who conceived the idea) has been > hard at work organizing a Perl Golf Tournament for the 4th Perl Conference > in Monterey this July. > > The Perl Golf Apocalypse (PGA) is for 10 teams, each comprised of up to 3 > Perl hackers. Each team will be given its own computer to use and will > to try to solve a set of simple problems by writing a short piece of > Perl code. Each team must submit its code, which will then be tested and > compared to the answers from the other teams. Each problem (or hole as > we call them) will be given to all the teams at the same time and will > have a time limit (about 5-7 minutes, depending on the hole). There > will be 9 holes in all and after 4 of them the 5 lowest scoring teams > will be cut (just like in real golf tournaments). > > There are three ways to score points on a hole. > > * First, if the code submitted by a team correctly solves the > problem, 1 point is awarded. > > * Second, the correct answer with the fewest keystrokes is awarded 6 > points with the next two runners up getting 5 and 4 points each. > > * Third, the correct answer which was submitted the earliest, is > awarded 3 points with the next two runners up getting 2 and 1 points > each. > > So a team can earn a maximum of 10 points on one hole. It is important > to note that the execution speed of the code is not a factor in scoring. > > The holes will be judged by a Perl script created by us. It will check > the correctness of all the submissions, rank them by the shortest code > and also rank them by the timestamps on the submitted answer files. Then > the script will award points and keep track of scores for each > team. Another script will be used by the commentators to display the > current point totals for the teams, the scoring for a given hole and the > actual code submitted by the teams. > > After all the holes are finished, the teams will be ranked by score, and > from highest to lowest, they will be allowed to choose their prizes. The > prize list includes computers, refrigerators stuffed with booty, cruise > discounts, cdroms, books, clothing, etc. Everyone who enters the > tournament is guaranteed a prize. > > Our two guests, Chip Salzenberg and Chris Nandor will provide > an entertaining commentary on the proceedings. > > This invitation is being sent to the Perl Mongers in advance of other > groups to give you a first chance to register to play in the PGA. > Groups of 3 or 2 registering together as a team will be given preference > over single entrants, so get your local monger group to enter a team. > > Send your registration request to golf@sysarch.com with this > information: > > Monger Affiliation > Team Name > Member Count > Real name and email for each team member > > If you are a single entrant, do you want us to put you on a > team? > > Optionally, tell us your level of perl experience > > You can also visit the Perl Golf page at > http://www.sysarch.com/perl/golf/ which has the PGA rules and > invitation, the prize and sponsor list, a real golfing thread from > c.l.p.misc, and more. > > The Perl Golf Apocalypse Team > > Uri Guttman > Brand Hilton > Ronald Kimball > Larry Rosler > Damian Conway > > -- > Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com > SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting > The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books > The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.com > > **Majordomo list services provided by PANIX ** > **To Unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe groups" to majordomo@lists.pm.org** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From alexande at cob.ohio-state.edu Mon Jul 3 11:10:13 2000 From: alexande at cob.ohio-state.edu (Jason Alexander) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:05 2004 Subject: [columbus.pm] [Fwd: O'Reilly News Articles (fwd)] Message-ID: <3960BAE5.C62D7B90@cob.ohio-state.edu> brian d foy wrote: > > here are some rumors to pass along :) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:45:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Denise Olliffe > To: brian@smithrenaud.com > Subject: O'Reilly News Articles > > Advanced releases of the following O'Reilly titles will be made > available at the Convention: > > - Building Linux Clusters > - Programmin Perl, 3rd Edition (a.k.a. The Camel Book) > - Perl for System Administration > > Please don't forget to remind your members about the O'Reilly Open > Source Convention-July 17 - 20, in scenic Monterey, CA. O'Reilly is > offering to extend the Early Bird pricing on Conference Sessions and > Tutorials to our UG members by using the special promo code: 1010 when > they register. > > Please let your members know to stop by and say hello if they attend > the convention. I will be working at the O'Reilly User Group Program > table located next to the bookstore. > > For more interesting articles, check out: www.oreilly.com under the > news column. > > Thanks, > Denise :) > > **Majordomo list services provided by PANIX ** > **To Unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe groups" to majordomo@lists.pm.org** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From ronnie at catlover.com Tue Jul 18 22:42:49 2000 From: ronnie at catlover.com (Ron Grabowski) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:05 2004 Subject: [columbus.pm] meetings References: <38FF8104.66B2A3B@cob.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <397523B9.6478BA1C@catlover.com> Now that people are into their summer schedules does anyone have time to start meeting again? Some good topics that might be good to discuss in person: Using the perl debugger ( in xemacs would be nice ) ( basic things like setting breakpoints and listing current values of variables ) globs ( *foo{SCALAR}, *foo{ARRAY}, etc ) I'm still looking for a concrete answer why this works: &foo( \*STDOUT ); sub foo { my $fh = shift; print $fh 'Hello' } ^^^ shouldn't this be ${$fh} ? - Ron ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From scholarships at erols.com Thu Jul 20 15:09:54 2000 From: scholarships at erols.com (scholarships@erols.com) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:05 2004 Subject: [columbus.pm] Tuition-Free Computer and IT Training for Non-Profit Employees Message-ID: <615.624548.839579@yahoo.com> Tuition-Free Computer and IT Training for Non-Profit Employees Dear Non-Profit Employee, Most non-profit employees want to improve their computer skills. However, high cost of training and a busy schedule have held them back. Now, the National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning, a non-profit organization, dedicated to bridging the "Digital Divide," offers the Nation's non-profit employees a unique opportunity. With the support of Microsoft and others, NEF CyberLearning is now able to offer full tuition scholarships of $2,000 to the first 10,000 applicants, thus enabling them to take any or all of the 400+ Internet-based online personal computing and computer professional courses from anywhere at any time. The high-quality, user-friendly courses are either self-study or instructor-led. They cover all levels and almost all topics, including Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Web Design Basics, Networking Basics, Programming Basics, A+, Network+, MCSE, CNE, Microsoft Office, MOUS, WordPerfect, Lotus, Operating Systems, Windows, Windows 2000, Linux, Unix, Networking, WAN, LAN, Programming, Java, C++, Visual Basics, Internet, Web Design, Web Applications, Web Master, E-commerce, Databases, Oracle and Cisco. To sign up, just visit www.cyberlearning.org, click on "Free IT Training," complete the application and pay a nominal registration fee of $75 with an organization/personal credit card. This $75 is your only cost, since the tuition is free for you. Many non-profit organizations reimburse the $75. You can receive immediate access to all 400+ online courses, an online library of the latest 1,000+ computer/information technology books, instructor assistance, course-specific chat areas and round the clock technical support. Please feel free to forward this information to interested colleagues and others in non-profit organizations. If your department or division wants to sign up a group of employees, please indicate so in your reply and provide contact information. If you received this e-mail, it is because you are listed as a contact person or employee of a non-profit organization. If you do not wish to receive any further scholarship information from us, please reply with the message, "remove" in the Subject line. Thank you. The non-profit National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning has provided tuition-free IT training to thousands of students, teachers, government and non-profit employees and disadvantaged individuals. It has earned many distinctions including "The Ivy League of IT Training," "1995 Fairfax Human Rights Award Winner," and " A Leader in Bridging the Digital Divide." "You are helping to empower America. I salute you for your ongoing commitment to creating a better America," --- President Clinton "This is an awesome opportunity." --- Washingtonjobs.com "Microsoft is pleased to play a part ... NEF can make a positive difference in the lives of a great number of individuals." --- Microsoft "I have found the CyberLearning online courses to be extremely easy and useful. I liked pre-course self-assessment and IT books online and available 24/7. The course screens were interactive and made me feel as if I was in the application itself. The site looks and feels very professional. The list of courses is huge. It includes something for almost everyone. I find this to be a very worthy cause." --- Ken Horowitz, IT Training Coordinator. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From alexande at cob.ohio-state.edu Thu Jul 20 16:43:05 2000 From: alexande at cob.ohio-state.edu (Jason Alexander) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:05 2004 Subject: [columbus.pm] Tuition-Free Computer and IT Training for Non-Profit Employees References: <615.624548.839579@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <39777269.E1F3F0ED@cob.ohio-state.edu> So I should restrict the list to people who are on it, eh? Bummer. =( As far as meetings, I am really dying here with my schedule...I can't even sleep. =( --Jason scholarships@erols.com wrote: > > Tuition-Free Computer and IT Training for Non-Profit Employees > > Dear Non-Profit Employee, > > Most non-profit employees want to improve their computer skills. > However, high cost of training and a busy schedule have held them back. > > Now, the National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning, a non-profit > organization, dedicated to bridging the "Digital Divide," offers the Nation's > non-profit employees a unique opportunity. With the support of > Microsoft and others, NEF CyberLearning is now able to offer full tuition > scholarships of $2,000 to the first 10,000 applicants, thus enabling them > to take any or all of the 400+ Internet-based online personal computing and > computer professional courses from anywhere at any time. > > The high-quality, user-friendly courses are either self-study or instructor-led. > They cover all levels and almost all topics, including Computer Basics, > Internet Basics, Web Design Basics, Networking Basics, Programming Basics, > A+, Network+, MCSE, CNE, Microsoft Office, MOUS, WordPerfect, Lotus, > Operating Systems, Windows, Windows 2000, Linux, Unix, Networking, WAN, > LAN, Programming, Java, C++, Visual Basics, Internet, Web Design, > Web Applications, Web Master, E-commerce, Databases, Oracle and Cisco. > > To sign up, just visit www.cyberlearning.org, click on "Free IT Training," > complete the application and pay a nominal registration fee of $75 with > an organization/personal credit card. This $75 is your only cost, since the > tuition is free for you. Many non-profit organizations reimburse the $75. > > You can receive immediate access to all 400+ online courses, an online > library of the latest 1,000+ computer/information technology books, > instructor assistance, course-specific chat areas and round the clock > technical support. > > Please feel free to forward this information to interested colleagues > and others in non-profit organizations. If your department or division wants > to sign up a group of employees, please indicate so in your reply and provide > contact information. If you received this e-mail, it is because you are listed > as a contact person or employee of a non-profit organization. > If you do not wish to receive any further scholarship information from us, > please reply with the message, "remove" in the Subject line. Thank you. > > The non-profit National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning has > provided tuition-free IT training to thousands of students, teachers, > government and non-profit employees and disadvantaged individuals. > It has earned many distinctions including "The Ivy League of IT Training," > "1995 Fairfax Human Rights Award Winner," and " A Leader in Bridging the > Digital Divide." > > "You are helping to empower America. I salute you for your ongoing > commitment to creating a better America," --- President Clinton > > "This is an awesome opportunity." --- Washingtonjobs.com > > "Microsoft is pleased to play a part ... NEF can make a positive > difference in the lives of a great number of individuals." --- Microsoft > > "I have found the CyberLearning online courses to be extremely easy and useful. > I liked pre-course self-assessment and IT books online and available 24/7. The > course screens were interactive and made me feel as if I was in the application > itself. The site looks and feels very professional. The list of courses is huge. > It includes something for almost everyone. I find this to be a very worthy cause." > --- Ken Horowitz, IT Training Coordinator. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to > columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with > unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To send mail to the Columbus.pm list send email to columbus-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@hfb.pm.org with unsubscribe columbus-pm-list youremail@yourdomain.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------