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Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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! W00t!!! I've been a list member for less than a month and I've already started a flame war... That's gotta be a new record for me! ;o) M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- 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