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On Friday 13 February 2009 10:25, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Quoting Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Tom Potts wrote: > >> On Friday 13 February 2009 09:26, Rob Beard wrote: > >>> On 13/02/2009 08:32, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > >>>> Hi All, > >>>> > >>>> I'm sure most of you are aware of this already, but at 11:31:30 > >>>> tonight, the datestamp will be 1234567890. > >>>> > >>>> My geek-factor just went up by one... :o( > >> > >> perl -e 'print scalar localtime(1234567890),"\n";' > >> mine by two? > > > > Nah - ye see, I'd deduct 2 points for that. One for copying what was > > printed on the various web sites, and one for diving into a progrmaming > > language when a standard command (ie. date) will do. > > I'd deduct three: > > 1) copy other's work > 2) Using a scripting language when date will do the same > 3) Using PERL > > /me dons flameproof trousers and starts running... :oP OI! we're talking geekability here! No logic needed - perl much higher geek quotient than 'command line which is only there for running perl scripts' and if you used the same examples for date... as I saw they didnt work. And anyway you copied my e-mail in your email so your three times wrong! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html