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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 491 Volume: 11
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Perl-Users Digest Thu, 7 Jun 2007 Volume: 11 Number: 491
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Yet Another Software Challenge yanosc@gmail.com
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge yanosc@gmail.com
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge yanosc@gmail.com
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge yanosc@gmail.com
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Re: Yet Another Software Challenge <JSmith@mail.net>
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:29:40 -0700
From: yanosc@gmail.com
Subject: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <1181212180.932322.303170@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
If you're mad about software riddles, just have a look at
http://software.challenge.googlepages.com and challenge yourself or
invite your friends to join.
Be prepared to spend some nights there!
Enjoy!
Thierry
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:10:08 +0000
From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <Ya2dnQPm4suOevrbRVnytAA@bt.com>
yanosc@gmail.com said:
>
> If you're mad about software riddles
Anyone who puts almost 1700 characters on a single line has a lot to
learn about writing good software.
For the benefit of the paranoid (or those with weird newsreaders), I
have replaced all < and > with [ and ], but otherwise what follows is a
verbatim quote of a single line from that page. And well, I mean look
at it... I mean... REALLY! Sheesh, etc.
[div class="content-item"][div id='g_body'][p
style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"][a
style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left:
1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-full.jpg"
imageanchor="1"][img
src="PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-custom;size:406,272.jpg" style="border: 0pt
none ;" height="272" width="406"][/a][/p][p style="text-align:
center;"][font color="#cc33cc" face="times new roman,serif"
size="4"][i]"Tout ce qui est impossible reste Ã| accomplir"
- Jules Verne[/i]Â| [/font][/p][p][font size="4"]This site presents a
brand new programming challenge.[/font][br][font
size="4"][/font][br][font size="4"]Its aim is just to let you challenge
and improve your programming skills, with
[b]fun[/b].[/font][br][br][font size="4"]Switch your air cooler
[/font][font size="4"]on, [/font][font size="4"]because your brain is
likely to really [font color="#ff0000"]warm up[/font] and your computer
as well![/font][br][/p][p style="text-align: center; clear: both;"
class="separator"][a style="border: 0pt none ; background-color:
transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"
href="ignition.jpg/ignition-full.jpg" imageanchor="1"][img
src="ignition.jpg/ignition-medium.jpg" style="border: 0pt none
;"][/a][/p][p]There are currently [b][font
color="#ffff66"]19[/font][/b] stages and you're the [a
href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"][img
src="http://c25.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=2484834&java=0&security=eb37b012&invisible=0"
alt="blog stats" border="0"][/a] th visitor.[/p][p]Remember that
programming is not all about software engineering.[/p][h3]Hints:[/h3]
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:57:32 -0700
From: yanosc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <1181217452.239972.120530@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Dear Mr. Heathfield,
I really appreciate your very fruitfull comment, especially because
I'm an ardent promoter of lifelong learning. Therefore, I'm always
willing to learn more! Nevertheless, you should address your
"compliment" directly to Google, who generates automatically the HTML
code sent to your browser. If you were less quick to insult people you
don't know, you would have noticed that the site is hosted as a
googlepages and thus I'm not accountable for the HTML code generated.
Thierry.
Medice, cure te ipsum
On Jun 7, 1:10 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
> yan...@gmail.com said:
>
>
>
> > If you're mad about software riddles
>
> Anyone who puts almost 1700 characters on a single line has a lot to
> learn about writing good software.
>
> For the benefit of the paranoid (or those with weird newsreaders), I
> have replaced all < and > with [ and ], but otherwise what follows is a
> verbatim quote of a single line from that page. And well, I mean look
> at it... I mean... REALLY! Sheesh, etc.
>
> [div class=3D"content-item"][div id=3D'g_body'][p
> style=3D"text-align: center; clear: both;" class=3D"separator"][a
> style=3D"border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left:
> 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href=3D"PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-full.jpg"
> imageanchor=3D"1"][img
> src=3D"PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-custom;size:406,272.jpg" style=3D"border: 0pt
> none ;" height=3D"272" width=3D"406"][/a][/p][p style=3D"text-align:
> center;"][font color=3D"#cc33cc" face=3D"times new roman,serif"
> size=3D"4"][i]"Tout ce qui est impossible reste =C3| accomplir"
> - Jules Verne[/i]=C2| [/font][/p][p][font size=3D"4"]This site presents a
> brand new programming challenge.[/font][br][font
> size=3D"4"][/font][br][font size=3D"4"]Its aim is just to let you challen=
ge
> and improve your programming skills, with
> [b]fun[/b].[/font][br][br][font size=3D"4"]Switch your air cooler
> [/font][font size=3D"4"]on, [/font][font size=3D"4"]because your brain is
> likely to really [font color=3D"#ff0000"]warm up[/font] and your computer
> as well![/font][br][/p][p style=3D"text-align: center; clear: both;"
> class=3D"separator"][a style=3D"border: 0pt none ; background-color:
> transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"
> href=3D"ignition.jpg/ignition-full.jpg" imageanchor=3D"1"][img
> src=3D"ignition.jpg/ignition-medium.jpg" style=3D"border: 0pt none
> ;"][/a][/p][p]There are currently [b][font
> color=3D"#ffff66"]19[/font][/b] stages and you're the [a
> href=3D"http://www.statcounter.com/" target=3D"_blank"][img
> src=3D"http://c25.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=3D2484834&java=
=3D0&..."
> alt=3D"blog stats" border=3D"0"][/a] th visitor.[/p][p]Remember that
> programming is not all about software engineering.[/p][h3]Hints:[/h3]
>
> --
> Richard Heathfield
> "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999http://www.cpax.org.uk
> email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:18:30 -0700
From: yanosc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <1181218710.317138.185350@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
Anyone who posts such a message has a lot to learn about propriety,
tact and self-control!
Before making public your post, whose the true intention is rather
curious, you would have been well inspired to send it privately the
author of the challenge before. In this way, you would have avoid to
be ridiculous!
Thierry
On Jun 7, 1:10 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
> yan...@gmail.com said:
>
>
>
> > If you're mad about software riddles
>
> Anyone who puts almost 1700 characters on a single line has a lot to
> learn about writing good software.
>
> For the benefit of the paranoid (or those with weird newsreaders), I
> have replaced all < and > with [ and ], but otherwise what follows is a
> verbatim quote of a single line from that page. And well, I mean look
> at it... I mean... REALLY! Sheesh, etc.
>
> [div class=3D"content-item"][div id=3D'g_body'][p
> style=3D"text-align: center; clear: both;" class=3D"separator"][a
> style=3D"border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left:
> 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href=3D"PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-full.jpg"
> imageanchor=3D"1"][img
> src=3D"PaCha009.jpg/PaCha009-custom;size:406,272.jpg" style=3D"border: 0pt
> none ;" height=3D"272" width=3D"406"][/a][/p][p style=3D"text-align:
> center;"][font color=3D"#cc33cc" face=3D"times new roman,serif"
> size=3D"4"][i]"Tout ce qui est impossible reste =C3| accomplir"
> - Jules Verne[/i]=C2| [/font][/p][p][font size=3D"4"]This site presents a
> brand new programming challenge.[/font][br][font
> size=3D"4"][/font][br][font size=3D"4"]Its aim is just to let you challen=
ge
> and improve your programming skills, with
> [b]fun[/b].[/font][br][br][font size=3D"4"]Switch your air cooler
> [/font][font size=3D"4"]on, [/font][font size=3D"4"]because your brain is
> likely to really [font color=3D"#ff0000"]warm up[/font] and your computer
> as well![/font][br][/p][p style=3D"text-align: center; clear: both;"
> class=3D"separator"][a style=3D"border: 0pt none ; background-color:
> transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"
> href=3D"ignition.jpg/ignition-full.jpg" imageanchor=3D"1"][img
> src=3D"ignition.jpg/ignition-medium.jpg" style=3D"border: 0pt none
> ;"][/a][/p][p]There are currently [b][font
> color=3D"#ffff66"]19[/font][/b] stages and you're the [a
> href=3D"http://www.statcounter.com/" target=3D"_blank"][img
> src=3D"http://c25.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=3D2484834&java=
=3D0&..."
> alt=3D"blog stats" border=3D"0"][/a] th visitor.[/p][p]Remember that
> programming is not all about software engineering.[/p][h3]Hints:[/h3]
>
> --
> Richard Heathfield
> "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999http://www.cpax.org.uk
> email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:58:51 +0000
From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <KLadnX34VpoWnfXbRVnyjAA@bt.com>
yanosc@gmail.com said:
> Dear Mr. Heathfield,
>
> I really appreciate your very fruitfull comment, especially because
> I'm an ardent promoter of lifelong learning.
Glad to hear it.
> Therefore, I'm always willing to learn more!
Glad to hear that, too. Learn why top-posting is a lousy idea. Learn to
snip irrelevant context.
> Nevertheless, you should address your
> "compliment" directly to Google, who generates automatically the HTML
> code sent to your browser.
<shrug> It's your data, not mine. If you want to fix it, fix it
(possibly by finding a different host). If you don't want to fix it,
don't. Your choice.
> Thierry.
>
> Medice, cure te ipsum
If you have an example of poor HTML for which I'm responsible on a site
to which I have write access, by all means let me know and I'll do my
very best to fix it. You see, I too am always willing to learn.
<snip>
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:02:05 -0700
From: yanosc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <1181221325.410975.240570@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Jun 7, 2:58 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
> yan...@gmail.com said:
>
> > Dear Mr. Heathfield,
>
> > I really appreciate your very fruitfull comment, especially because
> > I'm an ardent promoter of lifelong learning.
>
> Glad to hear it.
>
> > Therefore, I'm always willing to learn more!
>
> Glad to hear that, too. Learn why top-posting is a lousy idea. Learn to
> snip irrelevant context.
>
> > Nevertheless, you should address your
> > "compliment" directly to Google, who generates automatically the HTML
> > code sent to your browser.
>
> <shrug> It's your data, not mine. If you want to fix it, fix it
> (possibly by finding a different host). If you don't want to fix it,
> don't. Your choice.
>
> > Thierry.
>
> > Medice, cure te ipsum
>
> If you have an example of poor HTML for which I'm responsible on a site
> to which I have write access, by all means let me know and I'll do my
> very best to fix it. You see, I too am always willing to learn.
>
So, start by fix this one:
http://www.samspublishing.com/authors/bio.asp?a=6af3c790-dae2-48c1-a425-e1fb52ede736&rl=1
> <snip>
>
> --
> Richard Heathfield
> "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999http://www.cpax.org.uk
> email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:16:28 +0000
From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <3-udnXC7bfgxmfXbnZ2dnUVZ8qydnZ2d@bt.com>
yanosc@gmail.com said:
> On Jun 7, 2:58 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
>> yan...@gmail.com said:
>>
<snip>
>>
>> > Medice, cure te ipsum
>>
>> If you have an example of poor HTML for which I'm responsible on a
>> site to which I have write access, by all means let me know and I'll
>> do my very best to fix it. You see, I too am always willing to learn.
>>
>
> So, start by fix this one:
>
http://www.samspublishing.com/authors/bio.asp?a=6af3c790-dae2-48c1-a425-e1fb52ede736&rl=1
Whilst I did indeed write the text that is shown at that site, to place
the text there was not my choice, the HTML there is the responsibility
of SAMS (because they composed that page), and I don't have write
access to that site. It is therefore impossible for me to fix or remove
it. If you have an example of poor HTML for which I'm responsible on a
site to which I have write access, by all means let me know and I'll do
my very best to fix it.
In future, before you respond to an article, please read it properly.
Thank you.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:29:58 GMT
From: John Smith <JSmith@mail.net>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Software Challenge
Message-Id: <GDU9i.3272$1i1.1958@pd7urf3no>
Richard Heathfield wrote:
> yanosc@gmail.com said:
>
>
>>If you're mad about software riddles
>
>
> Anyone who puts almost 1700 characters on a single line has a lot to
> learn about writing good software.
>
> For the benefit of the paranoid (or those with weird newsreaders), I
> have replaced all < and > with [ and ], but otherwise what follows is a
> verbatim quote of a single line from that page. And well, I mean look
> at it... I mean... REALLY! Sheesh, etc.
>
What is the positive value of remarks like these? The OP is
well-intentioned and the site is functional. Why not just let
trivial issues pass? It's getting to the point where a RH post is
more likely to contain niggling criticism and sarcasm than
helpful information.
JS
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