perl.packrats...Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Jarkko Hietaniemi- April 29, 2005 David H. Adler wrote:> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 07:53:34PM +0300, Elaine Ashton wrote:> >>Why not just refer to us as "Them" or "They" as it would fit in with >>the "The" theme.> > > There&39;s still a perception issue. Do you want people to think you&39;re a> branch of the infamous They Council or that you&39;re a bunch of Giant> Radioactic Mutant AntsI, for one, welcome our new giant radioactic mutant ant overloads.Ehmmm, lords.--..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg37.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by David H. Adler- April 29, 2005 On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 07:53:34PM +0300, Elaine Ashton wrote:> > Why not just refer to us as "Them" or "They" as it would fit in with > the "The" theme.There&39;s still a perception issue. Do you want people to think you&39;re abranch of the infamous They Council or that you&39;re a bunch of GiantRadioactic Mutant Ants:-)-- David H. Adler - <dhapanix.com> - http:www.panix.comdhaAt the very least, if there is no law, rule or regulation against...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg36.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Elaine Ashton- April 29, 2005 On 28 Apr, 2005, at 19:37, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:>> That&39;s because I am (want to be) a prebel.No, you&39;re just soft in the head, marrying me is certainly proof of that.In spite of how much I&39;d just love to go fight club on the cult of personality, it is perhaps not the right phrase.Why not just refer to us as "Them" or "They" as it would fit in with the "The" theme.When history reads more like an epitaph, it&39;s important not to use too much...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg35.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Elaine Ashton- April 29, 2005 On 28 Apr, 2005, at 17:10, Kurt Starsinic wrote:>> You just broke the first rule of Pfight Club.>> Bad hacker! No Pepsi!You know, I&39;m glad I can count on other dorks in the club to write the same thing I was going to while I was away from my email for a day.We&39;re so old, we&39;re still in the coke generation, not the pepsi. :)e.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg34.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Jarkko Hietaniemi- April 28, 2005 Kurt Starsinic wrote:> On 42805, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhiiki.fi> wrote:> >>>For now, I changed all occurrences of "CPAN cabal" to "CPAN bigwigs".>>>I&39;ve already considered:>>>>>>chieftains>>>camarilla>>>crew>>>cronies>>>junto>>>kinfolk>>>horde>>>fraternity>>>>>>Suggestions welcome. :-)>>>>fight club> > > You just broke the.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg33.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Kurt Starsinic- April 28, 2005 On 42805, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhiiki.fi> wrote:> > For now, I changed all occurrences of "CPAN cabal" to "CPAN bigwigs".> > I&39;ve already considered:> >> > chieftains> > camarilla> > crew> > cronies> > junto> > kinfolk> > horde> > fraternity> >> > Suggestions welcome. :-)> > fight club You just broke the first rule of Pfight Club. Bad hacker! No Pepsi! - Kurthttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg32.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Andrew Savige- April 28, 2005 --- Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:> > For now, I changed all occurrences of "CPAN cabal" to "CPAN bigwigs".> > I&39;ve already considered:> > > > chieftains> > camarilla> > crew> > cronies> > junto> > kinfolk> > horde> > fraternity> >> > Suggestions welcome. :-)> > fight clubI was thinking of "top bananas" but now you mention "fight club" and sinceI get the impression e likes...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg31.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Jarkko Hietaniemi- April 28, 2005 > For now, I changed all occurrences of "CPAN cabal" to "CPAN bigwigs".> I&39;ve already considered:> > chieftains> camarilla> crew> cronies> junto> kinfolk> horde> fraternity>> Suggestions welcome. :-)fight club> -> > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.> http:au.movies.yahoo.com-- Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhiiki.fi> http:www.iki.fijhi "There is this specialbiologist word we use for...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg30.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Andrew Savige- April 28, 2005 --- Elaine Ashton wrote:> On 26 Apr, 2005, at 15:58, Andrew Savige wrote:> > Is it that you object to the word "cabal" and want it replaced by > > another> > word, such as "folks" Please let me know which word you want me to > > use.> > Perhaps it is the sentiment. Cults and the Catholic church have > cabals..well, and so does perl, but CPAN is not it. Pick a word, but > pick one that bears the sentiment that is occasionally but...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg29.html Re: The history of Perl Poetry by Elaine Ashton- April 26, 2005 On 26 Apr, 2005, at 16:18, Andrew Savige wrote:>> I always thought it was "the lovely David Adler esq.". :-)I would never insult dha by insinuating that he is a lawyer. :)> Having never been to a Perl conference, I don&39;t understand the T-shirt> joke above. Is there a specific T-shirt being referred to Or is it> just that T-shirts in general are popular among geeksNo, we were just making fun of the "The". Well, at least I was. :)> (Thanks to e, I know...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2005/04/msg28.html |