Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Jan 05, 2010 at 08:49 UTC
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The perl code I'm most proud of is
- a small script automating my daily work
- some production-code used in my company
- a CPAN-module used by thousands of other programmers
- an elegant implementation of a complicated algorithm
- a really clever obfuscation
- my first perl-program
- a feature deep inside the perlmonks-code
- my contributions to the perl5/perl6 core
- at least 5 of the above
- not existent - pride is a sin
- something else
Update: Added the option "pride is a sin" according to the proposal of an anonymous monk.
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you forgot two options :)
- pride is a sin
- Cowboy Neal
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (writing tool)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 31, 2010 at 18:43 UTC
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My handwriting implement of choice is…
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Chisel
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Stylus
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Quill
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Brush
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Fountain pen
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Wooden pencil
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Cheap ballpoint pen
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Quality ballpoint pen
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Gel pen
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Felt-tip pen
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Whiteboard marker
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Chalk
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Mechanical pencil
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Crayon
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Tattoo needle
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Spray paint
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Other (please reply)
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I never write by hand
Update: done: My handwriting implement of choice is…
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by atcroft (Abbot) on Feb 13, 2010 at 13:00 UTC
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Question/Topic: What is the largest number of tests you have created/generated for a single project you have worked on?
- Test??? There's a test?!? Oh.*I didn't study!!!
- Tests? What do you mean 'tests'?
- Tests? I don't need no stinkin' tests-my code is flawless, you insensitive clod!
- I'm afraid I haven't gotten into testing (yet).
- I've forgotten.
- I lost count.
- I used 'no_plan' so I didn't have to count them.
- 0.
- Between 1e0 and (1e1 - 1).
- Between 1e1 and (1e2 - 1).
- Between 1e2 and (1e3 - 1).
- Between 1e3 and (1e4 - 1).
- Between 1e4 and (1e5 - 1).
- Between 1e5 and (1e6 - 1).
- Between 1e6 and (1e7 - 1).
- Between 1e7 and (1e8 - 1).
- Between 1e8 and (1e9 - 1).
- More than 1e9.
- Someone else (CowboyNeal, paco, NodeReaper, etc.) lost a bet, and paid up by writing the tests for me.
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And another idea:
- Why should I test? - I post my code to the monastery and let the other monks do all the debugging and validation ;-)
Rata ;-)
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I can't afford tests. :-)
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Nice idea :-)
However I think the poll has too many options ... why don't you replace all the options Between 1e0 and (1e1 - 1), Between 1e1 and (1e2 - 1) ... More than 1e9 simply by
It still might get the fewest votes ;-)
Rata
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by Illuminatus (Curate) on Mar 11, 2010 at 18:34 UTC
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The use pragma I would most like to see added to perl is:
- use indentation;
- use readable;
- use maintainable;
- use varable_names_that_make_sense;
- use regexp_tutorial_node_visited_before_asking_question;
- use check_search.cpan.org_for_better_solution;
- use CowboyNeal;
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I humbly suggest you include use telepathy;.
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I upped it for the fun factor, but my gut wanted to downvote as it included CowboyNeal, which always triggers a yuck-feeling, and wants me to be able to not only up-vote (select) a choice, but also down-vote a choice in a list of picks.
Any of these pragmas would be needed forcable by perltidy and PBP checks. Scripts that use cowboy-neal like pragmas can then be safely removed from the file system.
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 - more than one pope?
by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Apr 22, 2010 at 07:29 UTC
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Dear monks!
The experience-game is rolling, and in not-so-far-future Ikegami and BrowserUK will reach the magical 100000 points.
Three cheers for them!
Unfortunately, this gives us a problem: according to our Voting/Experience System, they would reach Level 28 then - and become Pope.
But there can be only one!
We must face this problem - and I propose to introduce a new rank starting with 100000XP.
Now this leads us to the following question, which I'd like to solve by a poll:
The new rank below Pope should be called
- Lama
- Nuncios
- Patriarch
- Evangelist
- Enlightened
- Angel
- Messiah
- Vice-Pope
- Honorable Paco
- violate the Highlander Principle and let us all be Pope!
- other (please give us your proposal)
Rata
Update 2010-08-19: Now that both have reached the magical 100000XP (Congratulations for reaching the goal, and thanks for all your support being behind that numbers!), this poll no longer makes sense.
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Sorry, I have all sorts of problems with this list. - 'Lama' and 'Enlightened' expand into other belief systems. I guess this is OK, but to be fair, we would have to add so many that there would now be about 150 levels.
- Evangelist and Patriarch would fall well below Apostle, let alone Pope
- Angel's aren't even human, and are on a completely separate track
- As there is only 1 Messiah, this might be a good candidate to put above Pope, with the current Papal restriction applied (and removed from its current title)
May I humbly submit the following possibilities:
- Whenever there is more than one eligible, we lock them in a room until white smoke comes out. The losers (if they are still alive), drop back to apostle again (and hopefully learn better hand-to-hand tactics) Perlmonks could probably afford top-of-the-line servers if we sold the rights to this to the UFC for PPV
- Popino - "little Pope"
- Pope of Greenwich Village
- I'm not a real pope but I play one on the Internet
- The artist formerly known as 'the Pope'
fnord
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What makes you think there can be only one pope? Once upon a time there were three.
Edit: On the other hand, I rather like the idea of Ikegami and BrowserUK meeting on a mountain top, at dawn, with swords.
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How about Anti-Pope?
Of course, the Pope and Anti-Pope can't ever be in the same room at the same time or the resulting chemical reaction would be disastrous!
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 - I like my Perl...
by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 08, 2010 at 13:29 UTC
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I like my Perl
Ambiguities and overlaps are intentional :-)
I welcome more ideas (but I won't incorporate any "other" or "none" or "all of the above" choices - you must make a decision to participate in a poll).
Update: included three options suggested by Tux++, one by davies++ and one by Arunbear++.
If somebody can get hold of a copy of Perl 0, I'll make the 'archaic' link go there.
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Cultured - I think other sites have used the term, too.
Regards,
John Davies
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dead ? (there might be a more up-to-date version somewhere)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (most famous person)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 17, 2010 at 11:31 UTC
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The most recognizable living person today is…
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an actor
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a movie or theater staff
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an announcer or talk show host
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a writer
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a musician
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an other kind of artist
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a website or game designer
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a businessman
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a sportsman
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a sports leader or coach
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a scientist
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not a scientist though claims to be
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a religious leader
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a politician or military leader
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an activist
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a royalty
The above works alone too, but you might also do a second poll later similar to the following.
The most recognizable contemporary sportsman is
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Lance Armstrong
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David Beckham
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Roger Federer
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Michael Jordan
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Garry Kasparov
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Michael Phelps
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Michael Schumacher
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Mike Tyson
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Tiger Woods
(I gave sports as the example because that's the one for which it's the easiest to make a reasonably long but varied list of very famous figures.)
Update: added "businessman"; changed Cristiano Ronaldo to David Beckham, for the latter is more famous.
Update: in fact, the second poll (the one about sportsmen) might work alone too.
Update: you may want to add Björn Borg.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by Boldra (Deacon) on Jul 22, 2010 at 08:12 UTC
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The best use of an extra mouse button is:
- Enter
- ESC
- Select all
- Other Keystroke
- Double click
- Scroll nodule
- Run program (which one?)
- Close program
- Cut, copy or paste (which one?)
- Back
- Equip shotgun
Update23/7/10
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by AR (Friar) on Apr 20, 2010 at 17:28 UTC
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I could live without:
- Sunshine
- Alcohol
- Government
- Regular expressions
- Family
- Electricity
- Books
- Sugar and/or caffeine
- Rules and Order
- Music
- 3 or more of the above
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I could live without (continued):
- Sex/Love
- Religion
- Other People
- Sports
- Cowboy Neal
- Other
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (birthday)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 03, 2010 at 10:03 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 01, 2010 at 18:49 UTC
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Congratulations, you finally got the year right :) | [reply] |
Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Aug 18, 2010 at 09:33 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (toxic metal)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 01, 2010 at 22:19 UTC
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After mercury, lead and tin, the next metal that's been fine for thousands of years but is now toxic and can't be used in household objects anymore shall be…
Update 2014-07-10: perhaps nickel could be mentioned in the question as well.
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Hi,
I thought the major way that iron (steel) killed was through being turned into knives and guns!! (No that's not a gleeful ! but a :-( ! )
Ish
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Good observation.. Have had health issues for many, many years.. Wasn't until giving blood that it started to come together..
My blood reacted anemic in that quickie drop test they do so they spun it in an onsite centrifuge.. Somehow, they determined on the spot that it turned out to have a HIGH abundance of iron, instead.. Reading up on it occasionally is where other health issues finally made more sense, not to mention falls right in line with what you share.. :)
I comment therefore I am (procrastinating elsewhere)..
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Let us add Aluminium to the list of the not-so-good metals.
Iron, if it is stainless steel, is OK for water, coffee, and tea.
I know things are not directly made from it, but Sodium is still used in a lot of products.
Thanks. -c
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by mjscott2702 (Pilgrim) on Oct 06, 2010 at 07:42 UTC
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Might have been done before (a quick search didn't turn anything up), but I'd like to see an up-to-date poll on
What is your favourite/favorite IDE/editor?
(as a Scotsman who lived in Arizona for several years, I can spell with either side of my brain - sometimes)
Possible options include:
- What's wrong with vi(m) and command line?
- Eclipse with EPIC is so shiny and clickable
- Komodo and ActiveState
- Padre
- Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Emacs
- Text editor and graphical debugger
- Who needs an IDE - I just do one-liners
I don't want to start a vi versus emacs debate, so please just substitute your own preferred editor there.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by duelafn (Parson) on Oct 30, 2010 at 15:47 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (clothes drying line)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 24, 2010 at 14:49 UTC
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I don't know - my mom takes care of such things
Rata (who couldn't resist ;-)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Tomator's Zoo)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 05, 2010 at 10:13 UTC
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For humanity to be accepted to the Pan-Galactic Republic, we're asked to donate some specimen to Tomator's Zoo as a measure against extinction by an Earth-scale catastrophe. Who to send?
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Scientists
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Evil scientists
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Soldiers and firemen
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Astronauts
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Hackers
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Artists
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Sportsmen
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People skilled in rebuilding civilization
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Wise old men
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Politicians
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Management consultants and telephone sanitizers
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Annoying teenagers
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Mental patients
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Convicts
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Volunteers selected in a TV show
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Humanoid robots
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Life-sized dolls
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Quickly build off-planet bases
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Ask for a special exception
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Ask to repel rule
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Don't join
Update: I wonder if more people know Tomator than Stephen Byerley.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by talexb (Chancellor) on Aug 30, 2010 at 14:15 UTC
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Going through a bumpy bit on the road of life recently made me think .. do I have the right mix of laziness, impatience and hubris? It's an interesting question, and after thinking for a bit I realized my life mix has been wrong.
But I won't spoil it .. how's your mix?
- Too much, not enough, the right amount of laziness?
- Too much, not enough, the right amount of impatience?
- Too much, not enough, the right amount of hubris?
My C&O is rusty -- that comes up with 26 options, which is kinda ridiculous:
- more laziness, more impatience, more hubris
- more laziness, more impatience
- more laziness, more impatience, less hubris
- more laziness, more hubris
- more laziness
- more laziness, less hubris
- more laziness, less impatience, more hubris
- more laziness, less impatience
- more laziness, less impatience, less hubris
- more impatience, more hubris
- more impatience
- more impatience, less hubris
- more hubris
- less hubris
- less impatience, more hubris
- less impatience
- less impatience, less hubris
- less laziness, more impatience, more hubris
- less laziness, more impatience
- less laziness, more impatience, less hubris
- less laziness, more hubris
- less laziness
- less laziness, less hubris
- less laziness, less impatience, more hubris
- less laziness, less impatience
- less laziness, less impatience, less hubris
Maybe we should use just
- more laziness
- less laziness
- more impatience
- less impatience
- more hubris
- less hubris
and have people explain themselves further in their replies.
Alex / talexb / Toronto
"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Past sucks why)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 11, 2010 at 16:12 UTC
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- hot water on demand
- corrective lenses
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- my friends/family
- somebody to talk to about geek topics
Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.
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It would be difficult to answer without knowing which time period "the Past" refers to.
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- the monthly PerlMonks poll
:-)
Or as an alternative:
- the PerlMonks chatterbox (or: community)
- PerlMonks
Rata
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Rakudo*)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Jul 23, 2010 at 15:37 UTC
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My first impression of Rakudo* ...
- it's the most exciting technology since sliced bread was invented
- it's so addictive, I can't get any work done
- it /.+cks$/
- my pet tortoise runs faster
- other
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Dune)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Aug 12, 2010 at 18:12 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by hok_si_la (Curate) on Feb 24, 2010 at 16:33 UTC
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My Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator is ...
- ESTJ (Extraverted-Sensing-Thinking-Judging)
- ESTP (Extraverted-Sensing-Thinking-Perceiving)
- ESFJ (Extraverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging)
- ESFP (Extraverted-Sensing-Feeling-Perceiving)
- ENTJ (Extraverted-Intuitive-Thinking-Judging)
- ENTP (Extraverted-Intuitive-Thinking-Perceiving)
- ENFJ (Extraverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Judging)
- ENFP (Intraverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Perceiving)
- ISTJ (Intraverted-Sensing-Thinking-Judging)
- ISTP (Intraverted-Sensing-Thinking-Perceiving)
- ISFJ (Intraverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging)
- ISFP (Intraverted-Sensing-Feeling-Perceiving)
- INTJ (Intraverted-Intuitive-Thinking-Judging)
- INTP (Intraverted-Intuitive-Thinking-Perceiving)
- INFJ (Intraverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Judging)
- INFP (Intraverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Perceiving)
- IHND (I-Have-No-Idea)
- IDFC (I-Don't-Friggin-Care)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 - perlmonks polls
by moritz (Cardinal) on May 03, 2010 at 13:58 UTC
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On perlmonks polls, I usually vote for
- the first option
- one of the "normal" options
- the funny option
- the "other" option
- the "not applicable" option
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You might want to add - The CowboyNeal/Paco-option
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by apl (Monsignor) on May 05, 2010 at 13:34 UTC
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The science fiction writer who most personifies Perl is:
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- Stanislaw Lem for writing The Cyberiad, coining the term 'constructor' in 1967. Plus, I'm sure at least one of the protagonists (Trurl) used Perl
- Roger Zelazny for writing Jack of Shadows, where the protagonist uses a computer program to solve a mystical problem. While perl is not mentioned by name, I have no doubt that it would have been Jack's language of choice
- Larry Niven for a central premise in his Known Space universe, that aliens (in this case Puppeteers) secretly bred humans for 'luckiness', as this was their best trait. Given the number regexp questions asked in SoPW, it was prescient in its validation of "it's better to be lucky than good"
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Stephen Byerley)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 22, 2010 at 12:05 UTC
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Was Stephen Byerley a robot?
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No
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Yes
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We'll never know
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Half-half cyborg
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The difference is unimportant
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Stephen who?
Update: added the cyborg option.
Update: explanation: the "unimportant" option is for people who believe in duck typing, so this is a programming-related question.
Update 2010-12-02: done: Was Stephen Byerley a robot?
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by intel (Beadle) on Jul 25, 2010 at 21:02 UTC
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The Inception dream level I program Perl in is: - Level 1: Reality. I maintain legacy code written a long time ago with a team of not-so-great 'programmers'. My manager does not understand software engineering.
- Level 2: Van Chase: I'm a sysadmin who has to poop out Perl code in a moment's notice to solve problems as they come at me like a freight train down the highway.
- Level 3: The Hotel: When the requirements change (surprise!) and the team has to scramble I'm the one who comes through, or blows the elevator with C4.
- Level 4: Snow Fortress: I know my skillset is lacking, so I will make it so hard for anyone to maintain my cargo-culted scripts, that it's gonna take a whole team of experts.
- Level 5: Limbo: I only want to work on interesting problems where I can actually innovate and control the universe as I see it. In the end, everyone is better off if the "team" is just me and vi.
- Level 6: Cthulhu
- Level 7: CowboyNeal's bedroom
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by shmem (Chancellor) on Aug 12, 2010 at 23:28 UTC
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Only English?
Though my choice would in that case certainly be Monty Python, I'm still missing Benny Hill.
If Dutch sketch groups are allowed, I'd vote for Van Kooten en de Bie.
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by apl (Monsignor) on Dec 23, 2010 at 12:25 UTC
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I'm looking forward to 2011 the way I once looked forward to
- 1492
- 1776
- 1941
- 1984
- 2001
- 2010
- 2012
- 2525
- the year I started programming
- the year I found Perl Monks
- the year I was able to drink legally
- the year I stopped drinking
- the year I entered college
- the year I graduated college
- the year I met my Significant Other
- the year I married my Significant Other
- the year I divorced my Significant Other
- other
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by apl (Monsignor) on Dec 23, 2010 at 13:14 UTC
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I plan to spend New Years Day
- Unconscious (alone)
- Unconscious (with one or more individuals)
- Programming (one day is like any other)
- Still partying (it's a week-end, after all)
- Trying something new (e-mail me; I'll try anything twice)
- Trying something old (music, TV, reading)
- Spending time with friends
- Spending time with family
- Watching football (which implies I'm a Yank)
- what is this fixation with January 1st? New Years falls on (Rosh Hashanah, Tet, Diwali, etc. )
- other
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by luis.roca (Deacon) on Oct 19, 2010 at 00:27 UTC
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Drink tea or coffee
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Have a shower
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Sprint to catch the bus
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Turn off the alarm and pull the blanket on my head
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I don't wake up in the morning
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by raybies (Chaplain) on Oct 29, 2010 at 19:47 UTC
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If Perl were a breakfast food, what would it be?
- Bacon and Eggs
- Healthy Oatmeal Mush
- High Fiber Bran Muffin
- Bagel and Cream Cheese
- Grapefruit
- A cup of Coffee
- A vitamin fortified, sugar injected cereal (like Froot Loops, and Lucky Charms.)
- A poptart
- WAFFLES!!
- A large cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
- A slice of cold pizza from last night's party
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by apl (Monsignor) on Jul 09, 2010 at 05:27 UTC
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With the development of Perl6, the Monastery should
- remain as is, concerning itself with both Perl5 and Perl6
- split into two sibling Monasteries, one for each language
- split some existing sections into two language-specific versions
- focus solely on Perl6; every possible Perl5 question has already been asked and answered
- focus solely on Perl5; Perl6 won't need any questions answered
- wait and ask the question again in N months
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Re: poll ideas quest 2010
by perlpie (Beadle) on Aug 14, 2010 at 22:42 UTC
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- cowboy bebop
- dinosaur neil
- cowboy neal
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