From pdcawley at bofh.org.uk Thu Jun 3 17:04:34 2004 From: pdcawley at bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:29 2004 Subject: [Tyneside-pm] Quiz of the week In-Reply-To: <200405301345.19578.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> (Alice Wood's message of "Sun, 30 May 2004 13:45:19 +0100") References: <200405301345.19578.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> Message-ID: Alice Wood writes: > Hi folks, > > We don't seem to have done much recently. Anyone else still here? I'm here. But I'm about to go off and train as a teacher (all being well). Anyone looking for Perl folks in this area? I could use some work over summer. From alice at schiffwood.co.uk Sun Jun 6 12:07:25 2004 From: alice at schiffwood.co.uk (Alice Wood) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:29 2004 Subject: [Tyneside-pm] Quiz of the week In-Reply-To: <20040531011743.A21206@gamma.home> References: <200405301345.19578.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> <20040531011743.A21206@gamma.home> Message-ID: <200406061807.25108.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> On Monday 31 May 2004 1:17 am, Chris Benson wrote: > On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 01:45:19PM +0100, Alice Wood wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > We don't seem to have done much recently. Anyone else still here? > > I'm just back from spreading the (Perl) gospel to 3 HSBC-ers, 1 > Scottish-Widow and 1 IBM-er! > Well done! > > Also, anyone else having a go at the Quiz of the week at > > perl.plover.com/qotw? > > ... But I've not got myself psyched up for anything competitive :-) > > This was the hangman game n'est pas? > It was indeed, my knowledge level is not quite up to the game yet, but it's interesting to see how folks approach the question. Most of the answer is in the thinking rather than the programming, which I suppose is to be expected. > > Just the antidote I need to renovating a house! > > For me it would be Just Another Distraction From DIY(tm) -- Oh bother, > there's half-an-hour gone, looking for an elegant solution! :-) > :-) I must try this, but I suspect it won't work. Although maybe if I do it while he's playing Planets...... Hmm, that's a very cunning plan. Also, I got a new bike this week. Well, it's second hand but it's new to me. A rather yummy 10 speed which I tried out this morning. I am now so fast I can overtake cars! Anyone know any good pubs around Middlesbrough? Best wishes, Alice From chrisb at jesmond.demon.co.uk Tue Jun 8 15:55:01 2004 From: chrisb at jesmond.demon.co.uk (Chris Benson) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:29 2004 Subject: [Tyneside-pm] Quiz of the week In-Reply-To: <200406061807.25108.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> References: <200405301345.19578.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> <20040531011743.A21206@gamma.home> <200406061807.25108.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> Message-ID: <20040608215501.A7346@gamma.home> On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 06:07:25PM +0100, Alice Wood wrote: > > Also, I got a new bike this week. Well, it's second hand but it's new to me. A > rather yummy 10 speed which I tried out this morning. I am now so fast I can Congratulations. Perhaps I could interest Piers in trying out my spare recumbent trike and we could come down and visit you :-) > overtake cars! Anyone know any good pubs around Middlesbrough? I've only been to one pub in Middlesbrough. It was in 1977. I haven't been back since ... Best wishes -- Chris Benson From chrisb at jesmond.demon.co.uk Sat Jun 19 11:25:44 2004 From: chrisb at jesmond.demon.co.uk (Chris Benson) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:29 2004 Subject: [Tyneside-pm] ParallelExec.pl Message-ID: <20040619172544.A1319@gamma.home> Hi, Twice this week I've needed to run a bunch of commands in parallel, so I decided to force myself to package it. Posted here in case it's useful to someone other than me! -- Chris Benson -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ParallelExec.pl Type: application/x-perl Size: 3114 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/tyneside-pm/attachments/20040619/1341e821/ParallelExec.bin From pdcawley at bofh.org.uk Sat Jun 19 22:36:56 2004 From: pdcawley at bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:29 2004 Subject: [Tyneside-pm] Quiz of the week In-Reply-To: <20040608215501.A7346@gamma.home> (Chris Benson's message of "Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:55:01 +0100") References: <200405301345.19578.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> <20040531011743.A21206@gamma.home> <200406061807.25108.alice@schiffwood.co.uk> <20040608215501.A7346@gamma.home> Message-ID: Chris Benson writes: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 06:07:25PM +0100, Alice Wood wrote: >> >> Also, I got a new bike this week. Well, it's second hand but it's new >> to me. A rather yummy 10 speed which I tried out this morning. I am >> now so fast I can > > Congratulations. Perhaps I could interest Piers in trying out my spare > recumbent trike and we could come down and visit you :-) Hmm... I think I'll pass for the time being. The idea of 25 stone + of me hurtling around in a recumbulent posture is the stuff of nightmares.