Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-23 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi Tim, Tim Bowden wrote: Volume isn't always quality. There are some lists around where a significant portion of the volume is the blind leading the blind. The rest is experts trying to clean up the mess. Here the emphasis seems to be a little more on not making a mess in the first place (

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-23 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 08:55:32AM -0500, Ian wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Randal L. Schwartz > wrote: > > > > Yup. I care when it might harm others. Otherwise, I tend not to > > talk... plenty of other people here to give answers. I only doublecheck > > answers anymore. > > > > Y

Friday Fun [was: Burnt Camel Club]

2009-09-23 Thread Balázs Botond
Tim, > Given FOSS is supposed to be all about having fun, why don't we have a > 'Friday Fun' challenge aimed at beginners? I would absolutely LOVE such a challenge! Regards, Botond -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.or

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-23 Thread Goke Aruna
I enjoyed writing my script in perl despite not being a computer programmer, I get my need done without much stress, hence no need to increase the mail volume on the list. Perl6 definitely will take me higher to programming. Perl is still the best for beginers at least you can write your novice s

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-23 Thread Tim Bowden
On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 09:59 -0500, Bryan R Harris wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Randal L. Schwartz > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Yup. I care when it might harm others. Otherwise, I tend not to > >> talk... plenty of other people here to give answers. I only doublecheck > >> answers a

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Uri Guttman
> "RLS" == Randal L Schwartz writes: > "Ian" == Ian writes: >>> Argh! Yes I can't spell!!! :-O RLS> And notice, I didn't correct it. But if someone else had corrected RLS> it wrong, I would have corrected them quickly. :) wrongly. since we are on a corrections thread! :) uri

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Chas. Owens
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:05, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Ian" == Ian   writes: > >>> Argh! Yes I can't spell!!! :-O > > And notice, I didn't correct it.  But if someone else had corrected > it wrong, I would have corrected them quickly. :) snip Ooh, new game idea: slip one wrong fact into

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Ian" == Ian writes: >> Argh! Yes I can't spell!!! :-O And notice, I didn't correct it. But if someone else had corrected it wrong, I would have corrected them quickly. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Bryan R Harris
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Randal L. Schwartz > wrote: > >> >> Yup. I care when it might harm others. Otherwise, I tend not to >> talk... plenty of other people here to give answers. I only doublecheck >> answers anymore. >> > Yes, that is why this list gets 5 emails on average per

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Ian
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:45 AM, jm wrote: > What's holly got to do with it, though? ;- > > > Argh! Yes I can't spell!!! :-O

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread jm
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Ian wrote: > > Keep it up and the hollier-than-though's will have the list to themselves > > eventually. > > What's holly got to do with it, though? ;-) > > SCNR, > Thomas ;-) > > i think hollier-than-though is probably the black sheep 2nd-

AW: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Ian wrote: > Keep it up and the hollier-than-though's will have the list to themselves > eventually. What's holly got to do with it, though? ;-) SCNR, Thomas ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-22 Thread Ian
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > Yup. I care when it might harm others. Otherwise, I tend not to > talk... plenty of other people here to give answers. I only doublecheck > answers anymore. > > Yes, that is why this list gets 5 emails on average per day and other

Re: Burnt Camel Club

2009-09-21 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "Shawn" == Shawn H Corey writes: Shawn> Welcome to the Burnt Camel Club. Membership is exclusive to those who Shawn> have been flamed by Randal. It's his way of showing he cares. (Most Shawn> of the time he doesn't bother replying.) Yup. I c

Re: Burnt Camel Club (WAS: Charter of perl.beginners)

2009-09-21 Thread Shlomi Fish
t;>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Randal L. Schwartz < > > > > mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote: > >> If you imply that you have a proven solution, you are lying to them. I > >> ask that you don't lie in that way. > > Welcome to the Burnt Camel

Burnt Camel Club (WAS: Charter of perl.beginners)

2009-09-21 Thread Shawn H Corey
that you have a proven solution, you are lying to them. I ask that you don't lie in that way. Welcome to the Burnt Camel Club. Membership is exclusive to those who have been flamed by Randal. It's his way of showing he cares. (Most of the time he doesn't bother replying.)