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on Aug 01, 2009 at 08:02 UTC ( #785068=poll: print w/ replies, xml )

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did not write tests	144/25%
enjoyed life outside the Monastery	115/20%
Perl golfed with production code	48/8%
started career as a chef and made spaghetti	29/5%
was evil in my wording toward novices	28/5%
posted RTFM anonymously	17/3%
envied for my neighbors Quad core 16GB Linux server home setup	32/6%
stole bandwidth from an open WLAN without permission	81/14%
lied in order to keep my job	17/3%
did some other mischief	69/12%
	580 total votes

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Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Gavin (Prior) on Aug 01, 2009 at 10:35 UTC
Got arrested by the "Strict and Warnings" Police for non conformity!	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by BioLion (Friar) on Aug 01, 2009 at 11:28 UTC
...'meditated' about PerlNuns... Just a something something...	[reply]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Tux (Curate) on Aug 01, 2009 at 18:48 UTC
Worth more than one `++`! Real nice answer I wandered off in the direction of Ireland, where in many places internet is hard to find. I must say the country made me to hardly miss it. Is that a sin? Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by ysth (Canon) on Aug 03, 2009 at 04:33 UTC
No such thing; we use Monks inclusively. You could say 'meditated' about other Monks of the gender, lack thereof, or genders you find worth said 'meditation'. -- Online Fortune Cookie Search Office Space merchandise	[reply]
Re^3: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by blogical (Pilgrim) on Aug 03, 2009 at 20:47 UTC
Don't think about invisible pink elephants.	[reply]
Re^4: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by psini (Deacon) on Aug 03, 2009 at 20:53 UTC
Re^5: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by blogical (Pilgrim) on Aug 07, 2009 at 05:57 UTC
Re^3: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by BioLion (Friar) on Aug 04, 2009 at 09:11 UTC
Exactly. Their lack of existence makes them so unattainable that Monks (of the gentlemanly persuasion) are driven wild, with no choice but to seek solace in solitary contemplation. Just a something something...	[reply]
Re^4: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by graceoflarkspur (Novice) on Aug 10, 2009 at 01:18 UTC
Re^5: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by jdporter (Abbot) on Aug 13, 2009 at 14:14 UTC
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Polyglot (Monk) on Aug 01, 2009 at 14:15 UTC
Ahem. A little hacking with those Perl tools...all for a noble cause, of course! Blessings, ~Polyglot~	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2009 at 06:53 UTC
Yarrr says thaaar iss prrroper monk beeehaviyaaarrr? Nooo, I doooon't beliiiiv its.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2009 at 06:58 UTC
... stored plain passwords in a database	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by planetscape (Abbot) on Aug 02, 2009 at 08:40 UTC
There's life outside the Monastery? HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by BrowserUk (Saint) on Aug 02, 2009 at 09:12 UTC
Yes! But you won't like it.	[reply]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Gavin (Prior) on Aug 02, 2009 at 11:23 UTC
"There's life planetscape but not as you know it!"	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Aug 02, 2009 at 12:10 UTC
I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 04, 2009 at 08:56 UTC
I'm back	[reply]
Re^2: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by tubaandy (Hermit) on Aug 07, 2009 at 15:16 UTC
Johnny Cash Lives! Would he have used Perl? tubaandy	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by toolic (Prior) on Aug 02, 2009 at 13:31 UTC
... got a black-market version of Perl Worst Practices and read it cover-to-cover late at night in a darkened room where no one would see me, by flashlight.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by ysth (Canon) on Aug 03, 2009 at 00:58 UTC
...stored plaintext passwords :) -- Online Fortune Cookie Search Office Space merchandise	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by gregor42 (Vicar) on Aug 03, 2009 at 17:59 UTC
Perhaps it would help if there was an authoritative definition of "proper monk behaviour"? "There aren't evil guys and innocent guys. It's just... It's just... It's just a bunch of guys." - Steve Arlo, Zero Effect Perhaps there is a test that can be applied to any action that will determine how "proper" it is? Ask the questions - "Am I doing something that is helpful to another person trying to use perl? Did I at least intend to help?" But then there is the matter of jokes. I think jokes and pop-culture references are inherently monk-like behavior & I would call them proper. Lulz on the other hand can take on that Andy Kaufman quality** - where they might only be funny to the perpetrator. That borders on behavior more befitting of a Troll. We would like to think that Monks and Trolls are mutually exclusive camps. I repeat, we would like to think that... But then again comments like that are like chumming for flames, so my last transgression was apparently this sentence. ** - mind you I truly love Andy's work. Sadly however it could be argued that since the mainstream audience wasn't "in on the joke" much of the time, he had a hard time of it, especially at the end. Wait! This isn't a Parachute, this is a Backpack!	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Illuminatus (Chaplain) on Aug 03, 2009 at 18:34 UTC
Began to think that maybe Ruby on Rails was "all that". I mean, `bless` as a keyword? C'mon... Then, my refresh of perlmonks.org finally finished and I came to my senses. fnord	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by LesleyB (Friar) on Aug 04, 2009 at 08:49 UTC
I sometimes wish we had checkboxes and not radio buttons	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by targetsmart (Curate) on Aug 04, 2009 at 11:45 UTC
was forced to learn python! Vivek -- 'I' am not the body, 'I' am the 'soul', which has no beginning or no end, no attachment or no aversion, nothing to attain or lose.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by xyzzy (Beadle) on Aug 04, 2009 at 19:06 UTC
haven't I seen this poll somewhere before? Everything is true." "Even false things?" "Even false things are true" "How can that be?" "I dunno man, I didn't do it."	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by mischief (Hermit) on Aug 04, 2009 at 23:43 UTC
Bloody imposters.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Ratazong (Scribe) on Aug 05, 2009 at 16:10 UTC
... tried to vote twice on this topic, from different computers ... and it seems to have worked ... Rata	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by thezip (Priest) on Aug 05, 2009 at 21:27 UTC
4) "started career as a chef and made spaghetti" This is precisely how I found god... What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. - Christopher Hitchens	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Pete_I (Beadle) on Aug 09, 2009 at 08:32 UTC
I started coding solutions to Project Euler in python. -- Pete_I	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Aug 10, 2009 at 12:02 UTC
... used awk. braces for impact -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by gokuraku (Monk) on Aug 11, 2009 at 17:20 UTC
Decided there was only ONE way to do it....	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by arc_of_descent (Hermit) on Aug 11, 2009 at 22:32 UTC
I seriously need to start writing more tests for my code.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 12, 2009 at 01:17 UTC
I got carried away and pulled a David Carradine Boo!	[reply]
Reaped: Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by NodeReaper (Curate) on Aug 13, 2009 at 12:37 UTC
This node was taken out by the NodeReaper on Aug 14, 2009 at 04:12 UTC Reason: [jdporter]: reap. personally insulting anonytroll. You may view the original node and the consideration vote tally.	[reply]
Re: Last time I strayed away from proper monk behaviour, I ... by mr_mischief (Prior) on Aug 29, 2009 at 10:05 UTC
I think my response to this poll is fairly straightforward to guess... "did some other mischief", of course!	[reply]

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