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Re: [Alug] Re: Me'n Mark blathering on
by MJ Ray 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Alexis Lee <alexis(a)turton.com> writes: > I'm moving to stick this on social. Followed. > OK, I can see why it's a pain having to reference and dereference by > hand. Does first-class mean that references are constructed autom., or > that the thing can be copied? I see no point in copying a thing unless > it can be altered. It means that you can do whatever you like with it, just as any other variable, pretty much. > And if the point is to be able to create a copy of a function which can > be altered, what's wrong with > (let ((a "display") (b "hello")) > (eval list(a " " b)) > ) > (or equivalent written in non-babytalk Scheme). If you're using eval with user input, you have serious problems. > True, Java isn't being shipped with IE6, it's an installable component. But > I believe Mozilla still has it. No, it's a downloadable component in current moz. > And Java is apparently achieving massive > growth in the embedded/handheld device markets. "Massive growth" is probably apt given Java's famous memory requirements. Well, there are scheme interpreters too, and they're easier and smaller to create. > It has the massive advantage of being structural (or procedural or whatever > I'm meant to call it... Cish), which is how most people learn to think when > they're taught to program. Only in the UK and it doesn't make it right. > Incidentally, if you do this: > (begin (define function1 (lambda (x) (...))) > (define function2 (lambda (x y) (...))) > (function1 2.5) > (display (function2 3.8 "Hello")) > ) > doesn't that look rather structural? I'm really struggling to get a grip > on this functional stuff. Yes, but the power comes if you don't do bad cohesion like that and you compose functions. I very rarely use begin... The time when I do is when I'm trying to interface with something procedural, such as a database. > > Huh? My personal site is entertainingly broken at the moment (try it > > in moz), but I don't recall there being any non-relative internal URLs > > on it, as that's a pet hate of mine. > http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ from your sig. > Left nav bar. Moz 0.9.2. I see no relative links. You do know the towers.org.uk thing is a redirect? (Anyone else want one?) -- MJR Thesis watch: 27% This is my personal web site =-> http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.alug.org.uk/ <-- This is the LUG I go to I work for this clever internet developer ==> http://www.luminas.co.uk/

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competition for you ...........
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

http://bigmouth.here-n-there.com/ Czech Republic was brilliant. How was the linux wanderfest for those that went?

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HHGTTG text adventure game Absolute classic!!
by Adam Bower 07 Sep '01

07 Sep '01

Hi all, just found this link to a java version of the text based hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy adventure game..... http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html Do you know where YOUR towel is?? Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam

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Re: [alug social] competition for you ...........
by MJ Ray 04 Sep '01

04 Sep '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > The LBW was really great! there was much beer drinking and a good time was > had by all. There was talk of going to the Czech republic for a future LBW > but there is a lack of people who are able to organise things there. Yep, after Belgium and Germany, the Czech Rep has got to be one of the great beer places to visit. However, you would definitely need enough local guides to keep you out of trouble and many visitors would need visas. -- MJR This is my personal web site =-> http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.alug.org.uk/ <-- This is the LUG I go to I work for this clever internet developer ==> http://www.luminas.co.uk/

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Free Software Experts needed by EU
by John Seago 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

I would encourage anyone who thinks they may have the neccesary experience to look into the opportunity offered by the request from the EU for experts on Free Software. see: http://fsfeurope.org/ & http://www.linux.org.uk/ I did take part in a similar exercise, on another matter, some years ago, run by the then commission of the EEC. They were surprisingly receptive to outside input. This would help to give them the views of Linux users, and is in itself a worthwhile experience, which, for those of you still in the employment market, looks good on your CV! John Seago

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overpriced plate
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Here you go, Jo - your heart's desire! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1181583482

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)alug.org.uk> writes: > signal! Reminds me of a friend who was involved in york uni radio and > they got a call from dubia as the signal had bounced off the ionisphere > and was crystal clear in dubai! UEA's Livewire 945 has a rather over-keen regular listener in Wurzburg, Southern Germany, and I recall sitting in mid-Northamptonshire listening to Broadland during a burst of sporadic Es a few years ago. Any other remarkable reception reports?

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Re: [alug social] New social list member
by MJ Ray 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

John Seago <john.seago(a)btinternet.com> writes: > Is there a guide to what is available through ALUG, [...] Not yet. I'm hoping slight adjustment with a sledgehammer will make the web site a bit more use this weekend.

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Re: Advice requested on Hard Drives
by John Seago 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

I'm probably the least qualified to answer this point but I have come across this site which may be of some help: http://ls.net/CheapBox.html John Seago

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New social list member
by John Seago 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

Hello again, I wondered where some of those who I used to read had gone, and now having a period before the pain killers take effect I managed by going through the archives to find the social list. Is there a guide to what is available through ALUG, Jenny Hopkins pointed me in the direction of a book list which I can't find a link to, (and have lost, since having my hardware upgrade), what else is there, and where can I find it please? As a very new user of the internet, I quite often sit in bemused fascination in front of my screen, so I've probably committed some Internet etiquette clanger, if so please forgive me. John Seago

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