print "Resistance is futile\n"; > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: stop the Madness > > > > And there's always those days where you start sending out emails with > semicolons at the end of the sentences. Yesterday I even > caught myself > writing code on a piece of napkin on my lunch. I'm afraid > the day will > finally come where I start trying to rearrange all of my > paragraphs into a > single sentence. I mean sure, noone will know what the hell > I'm talking > about, but look how efficient my speech has become! HELP ME!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: A Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: stop the Madness > > > SO TRUE !!!!!!!!! GLAD I AM NOT ALONE !!!!!!! HA HA > > >I feel morally compelled to point out to any of the > >real Newbies who are on the beginner's mailing list > >that this READS like the usual form of 'deep denial' > >that needs to come out in the light of day. > > > >Oh sure - today its a little text file manipulation, > >a bit of CGI work with webFoo, a little DBI interface, > >whack a GUI front end onto some dog piece of software, > >you can Kick the Habit Any Time You Want. Or at least > >that is what you tell your friends. > > > >It's really only a small piece of bridge code, and you > >can just make a little perl module to simplify the interface > >between the various common applications, nothing serious... > > > >Oh but if I just subclass FOO::BAR that you found at > >[TheCPAN|SourceForge|someCoolWebSite|ThisGuyYouMetInSomeDarkB > ackAlley] > >then of course I can adapt it to fix this other bit... > > > >I merely wanted to have some better monitoring code for > >our system wide solution - and I merely downloaded from > > > > http://www.kernel.org/software/mon/ > > > >and all I have to do is just rework a few bits here and there. > >I mean that way I can monitor the systems more efficiently so > >that I can spend more time coding this cool little extension > >to this perl module.... > > > >But if I adopt the p5ee standards, then I have a common > >technology that will interoperate between my webFront End > >and my Database Services on Legacy Architectures, including > >those older OS's where java has not been ported to yet... > > > >People REALLY NEED to be forewarned about the dangers! > > > >Do you find yourself seeking work where perl is readily available? > > > >Do you find yourself spending more of your time with other > > people who Perl than with normal people? > > > >Do you notice that you are going without the essentials > > food, water, shelter, simply so that you can perl? > > > >Have you ever found yourself waking up in strange places, in > > clothes you clearly haven't changed in days, with no memory > > of how you got there, in a littered heap of perl code printouts? > > > >People REALLY should think about these things before deciding > >if they really want to even know perl. > > > >ciao > >drieux > > > >--- > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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