poll ideas quest 2011

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Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by apl (Monsignor) on Jan 15, 2011 at 12:18 UTC
I don't suggest Polls because: I program; who has the time? I have a life; who has the time? I'm looking for work; who has the time? I drink, therefore I am. Too busy learning Python. Too busy learning Perl 6. Every original poll has already been suggested! Perl Monks shouldn't be so frivolous as to have polls. My poll suggesting soul has been crushed by the weight of repeated rejection. I can suggest a poll? What's a Poll? Revised: My thanks and regrets to mikeraz for his crushed soul...	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tommy (Chaplain) on Mar 03, 2011 at 15:55 UTC
"Every original poll has already been suggested!" Heresy! ...but I can't think of an original one either :( -- Tommy	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by mikeraz (Friar) on Apr 06, 2011 at 21:39 UTC
My poll suggesting soul has been crushed by the weight of repeated rejection. Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by chubako (Acolyte) on Mar 21, 2011 at 22:50 UTC
What's a Poll?	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:08 UTC
I'm hanging chad	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 06, 2011 at 20:03 UTC
If I were the Pauper who found the security hole that allows privilege escalation, I'd… Return the throne to the Prince: it's ethical Return the throne to the Prince: the truth would get out eventually Return the throne to the Prince: being King's Ward is better than being King Keep the throne, see to that the Prince is treated well ~~Keep the throne, change rules to close hole from other look-alikes~~ – Update 2010-01-09: delete this option, it's not orthogonal enough Keep the throne, abandon the Prince Keep the throne, meet the Prince privately and laugh in his face Keep the throne, have the Prince killed Update: was done in 2013 as If I were the Pauper who found a security hole that allows privilege escalation, I'd …	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Jan 21, 2011 at 07:44 UTC
Hand the throne over to the best-paying villain: ethics are overrated (and hope that this villain lets me live long enough to enjoy my price ;-)	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 21, 2011 at 09:57 UTC
Hand the throne over to the best-paying villain: ethics are overrated How'd you convince the Archbishop to crown that villain?	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2011 at 13:28 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 26, 2011 at 09:23 UTC
Return the throne to the Prince: it's ethical Return the throne to the Prince: the truth would get out eventually Return the throne to the Prince: being King's Ward is better than being King Keep the throne, see to that the Prince is treated well Keep the throne, abandon the Prince Keep the throne, meet the Prince privately and laugh in his face Keep the throne, have the Prince killed Return the throne to the Prince: it's ethical Fill the throne to capacity, and clog with a towel	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by runrig (Abbot) on Oct 31, 2011 at 22:41 UTC
Ewww, that last option is the most evil of all.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (Prince and Pauper) by blackle (Beadle) on Nov 25, 2011 at 12:05 UTC
Keep the throne, turn kingdom into sinful spam depot by corrupting the local mail d(a)emon.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by cavac (Parson) on Mar 28, 2011 at 18:55 UTC
If the universe was more like perl, i would... use More::Beer; require 'Payment'; eval($girlfriend); goto "vacation"; chop $Someones->Head('Off'); split(/\ /, "me girlfriend"); join(' ', 'me', 'party'); new Car(size=>'big',speed=>'fast');	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by davies (Prior) on Mar 29, 2011 at 15:09 UTC
bless Flying_Spaghetti_Monster Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Mar 28, 2011 at 20:18 UTC
/me applauds. What a great poll idea! Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Mar 28, 2011 at 21:31 UTC
Now that is a great poll! It will be hard to choose ... only the split-option is a non-option :-) /me bows humbly before cavac and praises him.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by SriniK (Beadle) on Apr 11, 2011 at 13:18 UTC
Just Great..	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by apl (Monsignor) on Jan 23, 2011 at 14:32 UTC
In honor of St. Valentine's Day: The greatest love of my life is: my spouse my current Significant Other the celebrity I'm stalking a former teacher a current teacher my mastery of Perl-fu my programming chops in general my capacity for caffine my capacity for alcohol the Jets some other sports team a book a MMPOG residing in a MMPOG my Wii my iPad \| iPhone \| iBook Love? I don't go into Pon farr for another 4 years! my pet (don't look at me like that!) New York Alice B. Toklas Me. Of course I love myself most (Narcissism, NPD) What is love? Revised: Added New York and Alice B. Toklas Revised: Thanks, Tux!	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Jan 23, 2011 at 14:47 UTC
Me. Of course I love myself most (Narcissism, NPD) Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 24, 2011 at 12:49 UTC
Narcissism	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (pencil or coin to show photo scale) by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 30, 2011 at 19:30 UTC
The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is… Pencil Pen Coin Ruler Credit card CD Floppy disk Matches Door key Keyboard Thimble Teddy bear Drinking glass Human hand or finger Update: maybe there should be a "tennis ball" or "table tennis ball" option too? Update 2011-02-25: added matches. Update 2011-04-27: done in The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is:.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (pencil or coin to show photo scale) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:10 UTC
Clownshoes	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (pencil or coin to show photo scale) by chacham (Prior) on Nov 16, 2011 at 15:37 UTC
Door Key sounds to dorky. Use "House Key" instead.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (pencil or coin to show photo scale) by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 16, 2011 at 19:46 UTC
Too late. This poll has already went live, and the poll is linked form my suggestion node. However, thanks for the grammar tip. I'll try to remember it in the future.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 - world without Perl by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Feb 10, 2011 at 21:38 UTC
In a dark parallel universe, where Perl was never invented, I would write my programs in c (k&r-style, of course) in java - I want to be on the winner-side of the tiobe index once as unix shell scripts, using lots of calls to grep and awk in php, python or any other programming language starting with 'p' in c++ ... but I would miss moose on every keystroke in cobol, however probably not out of my free will in lisp ... now there is no excuse left not to learn it using ancient runes in another programming language if I can't have Perl I'd rather not program at all...	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 - world without Perl by Arunbear (Prior) on Feb 18, 2011 at 13:36 UTC
If Perl was never invented, PHP, Ruby and Python either wouldn't exist or would be quite different from their current manifestations (due to being influenced by Perl to varying degrees).	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 14, 2011 at 14:45 UTC
Node 1000000 will be: The return of paco! A 'Perl is dead' style rant. A homework question. The homenode of our new overlord. Announcement that Perl 6 is "ready". Something else (please specify). Update: changed node number to 1000000 from 900000, which crept up quickly.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (node 1000000) by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Apr 27, 2011 at 10:53 UTC
never created (due to some obscure 6-digit-node-number-limitation well hidden in the PerlMonks-code) ;-) great poll, btw!	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:05 UTC
A fart in your general direction	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tommy (Chaplain) on Mar 03, 2011 at 15:51 UTC
When I'm not coding in Perl, I'm: Wishing I was coding in Perl Eating/Sleeping--the only other things I do Hacking SQL Perusing comp.lang.perl.misc Lurking in at least 10 channels on irc.perl.org Posting something on my Perl blog Hanging out at PerlMonks.org Browsing the CPAN Hacking the Perl source code At a pub with a few fellow Perl Mongers Back to work as the sysadmin Watching Futurama All of the above...at the same time! -- Tommy	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by osbosb (Monk) on Mar 24, 2011 at 17:02 UTC
* At the pub hacking perl source code with fellow mongers	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by chubako (Acolyte) on Mar 21, 2011 at 22:53 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by apl (Monsignor) on Mar 29, 2011 at 13:25 UTC
My favorite hoax (April Fool or otherwise) was: the War of the Worlds radio broadcast Sawing Off of Manhattan Island Society for Indecency to Naked Animals Uri Geller Dihydrogen Monoxide Crop circles Yellowcake forgery Piltdown Man Parrot prank the Great Spaghetti harvest other (but you have to post a note specifying your favorite) Revised: Parrot prank added thanks to moritz	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 29, 2011 at 13:48 UTC
Parrot prank Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 10, 2011 at 15:05 UTC
I can drive… An airplane A helicopter A train An ambulance van A metro A bus A tram A truck Both on the left and on the right A motorbike A van A car A car if I'm forced to None of the above	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by Tux (Canon) on Feb 10, 2011 at 15:34 UTC
A wheelchair Someone nuts Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 10, 2011 at 15:31 UTC
++ .... but begs to allow multiple selections!	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 10, 2011 at 16:02 UTC
Just choose the topmost one that applies to you. Anyone who can drive a bus can probably also drive a truck and a car too.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Aug 18, 2011 at 19:25 UTC
Anything with wheels Anything with tracks Damn near anything that moves I can also drive my cow-orkers insane... :-0 Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:18 UTC
metro/train no difference, bus/truck/van/ambulane/car no difference Space shuttle Jetpack	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (drive) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2011 at 10:39 UTC
Most people who drive cars can't just jump behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer truck, so maybe truck/bus needs to be separate from car/van/ambulance. Heck, come to think of it, my wife struggles to drive our van but is hell on wheels in our car.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by parkprimus (Sexton) on Mar 02, 2011 at 10:48 UTC
Which is your favorite cpan perl module you use? use DBI; use CGI; use Log::Simplest; use Time::HiRes use GD; use SNMP; use Daemon::Simple; use LWP::Curl; use Carp;	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Mar 02, 2011 at 14:10 UTC
Though not strictly a module, more a pragma, `use strict;` is still by far my favorite :). DBI (you should make all modules link to CPAN), is mostly hidden behind some other module in our development environment. So next to strict, in order of favorite-ness, that would be warnings, Getopt::Long, Data::Peek, Text::CSV_XS, DBI, DBD::Pg, DBD::SQLite, DBD::Unify, DBD::CSV, autodie (likely to rise in this order), JSON, WWW::Mechanize, HTML::TreeBuilder, XML::Simple to name just a few. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by sjf4 (Initiate) on Mar 02, 2011 at 19:37 UTC
I second XML::Simple.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by osbosb (Monk) on Mar 24, 2011 at 17:01 UTC
* use Data::Dumper;	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by mandarin (Hermit) on Jul 23, 2011 at 10:20 UTC
`use Log::Log4perl`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed toy) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 03, 2011 at 11:16 UTC
My favourite stuffed toy is a(n)… Monkey or ape Horse or donkey Unicorn or My Little Pony Giraffe Pig (Update: added) Cow Elephant (Update: added) Camel, onion, ogre, oyster or other Perl mascot Cat or other feline Dog Bear or koala Rabbit Kangaroo Duck Other bird Snake or serpent Crocodile Fish Octopus Worm Plant Microbe Car Human animal (I'm from the Planet of the Apes) Human person Notes: giraffe is included for castaway, octopus for Dominus. Update: I know this isn't complete, eg. I used to have a white stuffed seal, but listing all animals would be ugly. Update 2012-03-30: changed "stuffed animal toy" to "stuffed toy" in poll title, because some of the answers aren't animals. Thanks for the suggestion to Arunbear. Also duplicated the human option accordingly. Update 2012-05-05: done: My favourite stuffed toy is a(n)….	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by frodonl (Novice) on Feb 10, 2011 at 20:47 UTC
I guess all the penguin lovers will have to go for "Other bird", eh? :)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by Arunbear (Prior) on Feb 03, 2011 at 11:41 UTC
some of these animals aren't really animals e.g. ~~oyster~~, onion, Plant, Microbe and Car - so the list could be trimmed down (unless they are listed for humour?).	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 04, 2011 at 15:13 UTC
Yes, some of those aren't animals. I'll try to think of what should be done with that. Maybe they should be removed, or the question rephrased somehow. Maybe there should be a "none" option, and also an "other animal" option.	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by Tux (Canon) on Feb 04, 2011 at 15:34 UTC
Re^5: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 04, 2011 at 15:58 UTC
Re^5: poll ideas quest 2011 (stuffed animal) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 04, 2018 at 09:49 UTC
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by SuicideJunkie (Vicar) on Apr 11, 2011 at 21:01 UTC
The best simile for doing X "without using modules" is: like searching for your keys "without using eyes" like doing your shopping "without using money" like driving into town "without using the gas pedal" like unlocking a cell door "without using the key" like consuming a meal "without using your mouth" like shooting yourself in the foot "without using a gun"	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by ambrus (Abbot) on May 05, 2011 at 12:14 UTC
Removing a screw without a matching screwdriver	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by gokuraku (Monk) on Apr 14, 2011 at 12:32 UTC
like posting a question "without doing the research"	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by apl (Monsignor) on Apr 25, 2011 at 11:59 UTC
What Anonymous Monk would most like to see added to Perl is: File::CompareTwoFilesAndDisplayDifferences File::ExistsInAnySubdirectory File::Contains::WantedRecord File::InsertRecord Misc::Telepathy::BioPerlInterface AI:DebugMyApp AI:DoMyHomeworkForMe some other cheap joke at the expense of novice programmer (please specify)	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by apl (Monsignor) on May 11, 2011 at 10:58 UTC
A monk recently asked what is for key pls for the value 7c9695cb23a71d851688cc0d7f8b1072. I think this means: the combination to my luggage poetry the self-destruct sequence to your computer's processor the top-secret Tri-Lateral Commission authentication code see Firecode Lady Gaga chastity belt combination IP address of the Monolith postal code of the Shire other (please specify)	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 23, 2011 at 16:06 UTC
On April Fools' Day, I'll... be dressed in motley be playing The Fool still be a The Fool be trying to fool you be perpetrating a Perl-ish prank (nominations invited) be executing a non-programming prank be wondering whether it's Iron Pyrites be practicing to avoid Fool's Mate be still together with my money (little though it is) be trying to amuse you be wondering why yyyy/4/1 is associated with foolishness Still be writing scripts without `use strict;` and `use warnings;`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by davies (Prior) on Feb 23, 2011 at 16:45 UTC
Be watching / listening to / singing Pagliacci or Rigoletto (both about fools). Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (half of my life) by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 07, 2011 at 14:27 UTC
For more than half of my life, I've been A child A parent A grandparent Happily married Divorced Learning Stupid Working with computers Working the same job Working hard to no effect Preparing my master plan Wasting my time Deceived None of the above	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (half of my life) by choroba (Cardinal) on Jun 07, 2011 at 14:48 UTC
searching for the meaning of life :)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (half of my life) by mandarin (Hermit) on Jul 23, 2011 at 10:36 UTC
Wally	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Verne unehtical hero) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 11, 2011 at 18:01 UTC
In the books of Jules Verne, the protagonist with the most questionable ethics is… Doctor Antekirtt President Barbicane Ilia Brusch (from the Danube Pilot) Phileas Fogg Captain Hatteras Kéraban the Inflexible Professor Liedenbrock Captain Nemo Hector Servadac Zephyrin Xirdal (from the Chase of the Golden Meteor) Maybe I should add Captain Nemo, but he does not count as a protagonist. Feel free to suggest any others too. Update 2012-11-22: added Nemo, who cares if he's not a protagonist.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (vampires) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 16, 2011 at 19:59 UTC
Vampires are immortal, which means the only way to kill them is… A silver bullet A stake through their heart Bright light Garlic Holy water Holy wafers sewn in their mouth (Update 2015-11-23) A chainsaw Cutting their supply of blood The crow of a rooster Water Fire Magic In their bat form By accident Killing their elders first Making them pop culture icons (Update 2011-03-22: added this, thank you for the idea, apl) Update 2015-02-11: see SMBC comic about trolls and sunlight.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (vampires) by apl (Monsignor) on Mar 22, 2011 at 10:35 UTC
Make them pop culture icons	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Arunbear (Prior) on Feb 17, 2011 at 11:43 UTC
Those folks are so cool (or hot even). Why do you want to kill them?	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by ColdCoffee (Initiate) on Aug 17, 2011 at 19:47 UTC
The most important thing I have ever forgotten to do because I was writing code was: Take out the trash Clean my house/apartment/cave Eat dinner Take the turkey out of the oven Sleep (for at least 2 consecutive days) Show up for my DnD game (player) Show up for my DnD game (DM) Pick up my car from the repair shop (oops) Show up for work (lame job) Show up for work (programming job) Show up for work (Self-employed) Show up for unemployment benefits meeting Show up for court Show up to a first date Show up to my Sister's/Brothers wedding Show up to a wedding where I am the best man/maid of honor Show up to my wedding Get an appendectomy Get a root canal Take a final exam Graduate from college/graduate school/correspondence school from the back of Popular Science Answer this stupid poll	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2011 at 10:56 UTC
Get a real life! That's an option suggestion, not a dagger in your back ... but it's probably too sad to actually include in a poll.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by petecm99 (Pilgrim) on May 05, 2011 at 20:09 UTC
When I die, I will... go to Heaven check-in to Hades lounge at the bar in Purgatory be reduced to ashes slowly rot in a coffin swim with the fishes haunt my enemies, spouse, and/or friends display an error message then return control to the shell	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on May 06, 2011 at 06:06 UTC
Check in at Milliways and wait for the universe to die Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Cats) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 11, 2011 at 11:24 UTC
My favourite character from the Cats musical is… Jennyanydots, the old gumbie cat Rum Tum tugger, the curious cat Grizabella, the glamour cat Bustopher Jones, the cat about town Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, the mischief cats I believe it is Old Deuteronomy Gus, the theater cat Skimbleshanks, the railway cat Macavity, the mistery cat Magical Mr. Mistoffelees Some other character Cats are clowns, I prefer dogs	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Cats) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:19 UTC
Huh?	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 11, 2011 at 11:32 UTC
I have my hair cut… More than once every day Every day Every other day Twice a week Every week Every other week Every month Eight times a year Six times a year Four times a year Three times a year Twice a year Every year Once every few years Never, I just let it grow Never, I have my super powers in my hair Never, no hair grows on my head Update: Is this insulting or something? Does it read like “your hair looks ugly”?	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by Tux (Canon) on Mar 23, 2012 at 07:05 UTC
Your update makes me add my option: "Whenever my wife says my hair needs a cut" Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by kcott (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2012 at 06:36 UTC
I was wondering how often polls were cycled. A quick search for "poll frequency" only resulted in this node (and the Rebel with a Cause AM's response). ++ for reminding me I need a haircut. :-) I don't think there's anything insulting here. The handful of downvotes probably just reflect a lack of interest in a fairly mundane topic. Nonetheless, I suspect this poll might generate a plethora of humorous responses. -- Ken	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by ambrus (Abbot) on Mar 23, 2012 at 08:22 UTC
Polls are usually cycled every months nowadays. See Past Polls for a listing of the dates in the past.	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by kcott (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2012 at 10:24 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (haircut frequency) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2011 at 11:20 UTC
I cut my hair, whenver I want	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by jozef (Sexton) on Aug 08, 2011 at 15:43 UTC
At $work configuration and data files goes to: /usr/local/ + /var/local/ /opt/ /srv/ /etc/ + /usr/ + /var/ + /srv/ File::ShareDir File::HomeDir /my-project/ \|\| /my-company/ \|\| /local/ \|\| /shared/ \|\| /data/ \|\| /.../ ./ "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" __DATA__ MyApp::Config wherever don't remember, let me check /dev/null somewhere else	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2011 at 10:52 UTC
Hell	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Elections) by davies (Prior) on Dec 04, 2011 at 21:34 UTC
I believe that there are elections coming up in 2012. There certainly will be in Europe if the Euro collapses. So: The voting system where I live is best described as: Patrician (he's the one man, he has the one vote) Communism (your vote doesn't count) Democratic (your vote counts) Feudal (your Count votes) Florida (can't count votes) Chicago (vote early, vote often) Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Elections) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 06, 2011 at 10:34 UTC
Democratic - eastern Europe variant (if you vote for the wrong party, your vote will be corrected before being counted)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Elections) by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 06, 2011 at 09:59 UTC
Can't think of a good name for "how much for a vote?"	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Elections) by Tux (Canon) on Dec 05, 2011 at 11:14 UTC
ROFL. Feudal vs Democratic. Brilliant! Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by raybies (Chaplain) on Aug 25, 2011 at 13:19 UTC
Since it's come up lately a lot on the forums... here's a Poll for what would be a bunch of new names for Perl 6... Other Alternative names for Perl 6... Perl++ - As C is to C++, so are the days of our lives. Pirl - The next vowell after "e", same pronounciation... Lerp - Kinda like Larping... Perlex - Perl's Ex Lover... Perlican - Pelican, hey it's an animal. Perlium - Sounds like a newly discovered element on the periodic table. Pern - Mascot could be a dragon, might get sued by Anne MacCaffrey... Pert - Mascot could be a young girl Perv - Mascot could be an overweight, adult, with a skin condition, living in his parent's basement. Perj - Prounounced Purge, as in a purge of the old Perl but still kinda perly. Perly - It's a Perly language... Perk - Using this language has its perks... Perm - (already mentioned) "m" is the next letter after "l"; mascot would be a frizzy hairdo. Prel - not just shampoo... or Perl for the dyslexic... Pretzel - because it just works...	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by davies (Prior) on Aug 25, 2011 at 15:18 UTC
Camelia Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by cavac (Parson) on Oct 11, 2011 at 17:31 UTC
If i find a critical flaw in my companies flagship product, i do the Microsoft dance and hope nobody will ever find out do the Sony dance, pull the plug for two solid months and hope the customers wont notice do the Seagate dance, release some half-arsed update and hope it wont kill the customers data do the IRC dance, flamewar everyone off the channel and hope nobody will blame me for the real problem do the Perlmonks dance, write a workaround Acme:: module and hope nobody else will ever use it Don't use '#ff0000': use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED(); All colors subject to change without notice.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (wisdom teeth) by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 03, 2011 at 09:39 UTC
The number of wisdom teeth I have is… 0 1 2 3 4 5 or more	[reply]
poll ideas quest 2011: underrated nodes by Ratazong (Monsignor) on May 13, 2011 at 08:17 UTC
Dear Monks! Recently I stumbeld over a really great node, which only got one (up)vote. And there are probably hundreds of hidden gems, which are now nearly forgotten. So I propose the following poll to promote them and to blow away some dust from them. The most underrated node of all time is Re^3: My Favourite Regex Tools (Was: Parsing a Variable Format String) by planetscape - always useful your input #1 your input #2 ... camel code or any other node by Erudil the legendary node 847 by Paco each and every node written by me ;-) some other: please tell us below! btw.: I am more interested in the discussion on the poll than the results itself - I expect to find many great nodes that way - and many that are not in the Selected Best Nodes-list. Rata	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011: underrated nodes by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2011 at 09:31 UTC
> I am more interested in the discussion on the poll than the results itself Seriously... I was pondering about a weighted search, which tries to compensate negative conditions. For instance if "Re^3"s posted 3 AM on a Sunday 10 days after the OP get only 10 % of the votes of the average votes of a "Re^1" at the same time should be weighted with factor 10. (hope you get the basic idea) Another approach could take care about subjective tastes by searching nodes upvoted by monks whose votes correlate with your own votes. But this could only be realized with free access to the DB. Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011: underrated nodes by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2011 at 08:27 UTC
better `s/ me/ [LanX]/` xD Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (XP) by davies (Prior) on Sep 11, 2011 at 19:49 UTC
The greatest source of my XP is: Lesser mortals enthusiastically upvoting my brilliant, insightful and helpful nodes. Reluctantly upvoting the barely acceptable nodes of lesser mortals. Downvoting the wretched stuff that appears so often. The bonus for using all my votes. 2 points occasionally for just logging in. I'm an anonymonk because I don't believe in XP. I'm an anonymonk for other reasons. Penance required. What's XP? Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (XP) by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Oct 26, 2011 at 09:58 UTC
Additional options for "The greatest source of my XP is:" some misterious bug in the perlmonks code (of course I won't tell anyone ;-) managing fake-identities to upvote my own nodes (somehow I have to compensate that noone else does it!) searching for and then upvoting all nodes written by davies, including this poll	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by rgiskard (Hermit) on Oct 30, 2011 at 22:48 UTC
When I have to take notes I ... Open VI and save it to /home/$USER/ideas Fire up Emacs and run a macro for note-taking Pull out a pad of paper and Pen Pull out a pad of paper and Mechanical Pencil Pull out an unsharpened wooden pencil, and quest for a sharpener; if found, sharpen pencil and jot down note; else forget Dictate to smart phone Dictate to computer Pull out cassette recorder... and record note. Scribble on a post-it (and place it with care) Type into an electronic Post-it note Personal Wiki (for posterity) Public Wiki (somehow) Text yourself Email yourself Tweet (the world should have my notes: bit by bit) Notes are unnecessary (updated: slashes correct now)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Oct 31, 2011 at 07:10 UTC
Take the nearest thing that writes (pen, pencil, feltliner, ...) and grab the closest sheet to write on (printed mail, listing, book, earlier note, notebook, agenda, ...) that still has enough room to take the note and hope the note won't get lost in the rumble on the desk. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (clean shoes) by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 07, 2011 at 14:37 UTC
Among the following, I most frequently clean… The car My glasses My shoes The fridge The computer keyboard The toilet The kitchen stove The windows My hard drive Under the bed The potted plants (Update 2011-06-12: added) I never clean any of the above Done: I most frequently clean ....	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (clean shoes) by Tux (Canon) on Jun 07, 2011 at 15:10 UTC
My browser history Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 15, 2011 at 16:30 UTC
My favorite silent English letter is: a as in aisle b as in subpoena c as in muscle d as in badge e as in pie f as in halfpenny g as in foreign h as in hour i as in business j as in hajj k as in know l as in would m as in mnemonic n as in autumn o as in opossum p as in pneumonia q as in lacquer r as in surprise s as in island t as in depot u as in build v as in revving w as in wrong x as in faux y as in they're z as in rendezvous Posted as My favorite silent English letter is:	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Dec 15, 2011 at 18:10 UTC
Hello, my name is Ghot: (Gh as in though, O as in people, T as in listen ). My fav English sound is ough: awe: thought, bought, fought, brought, ought, sought, nought, wrought uff: enough, rough, tough, slough, Clough, chough ooh: through, slough oh: though, although, dough, doughnut, broughm, Ough, furlough, Greenough, thorough off: cough, trough ow: bough, plough, sough ou: drought, doughty, Stoughton uh: Scarborough, borough, thorough (alt), thoroughbred, Macdonough, Poughkeepsie up: hiccoughed oth: trough (alt) ock: lough, hough och (aspirated): lough ahf: Gough og: Coughlin (also 5) Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 15, 2011 at 20:24 UTC
9, alternate spelling, same with 11, nice, didn't know that. 13 and 14 are proper nouns. That shouldn't count. :) Howsabout a poll for Ghotis, that is, words where over 50% of the word is pronounced differently than they are spelled, for example: colonel	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Dec 16, 2011 at 09:14 UTC
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by Swalif (Scribe) on Sep 17, 2011 at 21:14 UTC
Girls won't code in Perl because ... They fear the Mouse. They don't like Perl's Dancer style. They'd rather go the Camelia way. perlguts is gruesome. PerlCritic is too harsh for a girl. No enough Girl::Role's. Their beau may find out about Dumper() or split() Cocoa comes without milk. Tenjin isn't actually an Anime. They just hate cheating. In fact they will ! Other	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliances) by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 06, 2011 at 10:23 UTC
I can't imagine how I could ever live without an… Electrically adjustable table Hair iron Electric razor Electric toothbrush Electric pencil sharpener or can opener Electric garage door Electronic thermometer or blood pressure meter Parking sensor Electric clothes dryer Electric kettle Coffee machine Dishwasher Microwave oven Bread maker Electric griddle Barbecue grill Electric or induction stove Electric oven If you think there are too few options, you may add some of the following older appliances too. That's not likely though, you'd rather want to remove some of the options above instead. Immersion heater Hairdryer Toaster Vacuum cleaner Washing machine Freezer Fridge What I include are household appliances, that is, stuff ordinary people can own at home. Thus, the automatic toilet flush didn't make the cut. I'm deliberately leaving out all the innovations related to advanced consumer electronics such as: television, color television, cassette player, videocassette recorder, CD player, personal computer, home game computer, portable game computer, internet, perl, mobile phone, internet access at home, fast computer at home, computer with large hard disk at home, cd/dvd burner, fast internet access at home, portable audio cd player, cheap solid state storage, portable music player using solid state storage, digital camera, mobile internet, camera in mobile phone, cheap GPS, large television, large TFT monitor, wireless keyboard or mouse, notebook computer as powerful as a desktop, touchscreen mobile phone, uninterruptible power supply, facebook, twitter. Those could make another poll, but a less interesting one. I'm also omitting stuff related to light sources, such as led bicycle torch, cheap rechargeable battery. See the related Re: poll ideas quest 2009 (light source). Update 2015-07-10: added electrically adjustable table, electric can opener next to pencil sharpener, merged thermometer and blood pressure meter, demoted immersion heater to the extras. See also the other idea Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Past sucks why) "If I moved to the Past, what I missed the most would be…"	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliences) by thargas (Deacon) on Dec 06, 2011 at 19:35 UTC
electric seat adjusters in the car	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern car extras) by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 06, 2011 at 20:44 UTC
Hmm, maybe the car extras should separated (from the in-house appliances) to another poll, with items like this (this list is incomplete). I can't imagine how I could ever drive a car without… Power-assisted brakes ABS Radio and cassette player CD player Power-assisted steering wheel Airbags Rear window heating Air conditioning A lamp in the trunk Electrically adjustable mirrors Electric windows Mobile phone loudspeaker Radio and mobile phone controls next to the steering wheel Parking sensors Electric seat adjuster Parking cameras GPS Electronic cruise control system	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 20111 (modern car extras) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 06, 2011 at 21:02 UTC
Re^4: poll ideas quest 20111 (modern car extras) by gsiems (Deacon) on Dec 06, 2011 at 21:33 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliences) by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 06, 2011 at 20:15 UTC
What, no gas stove in the list? Really, I say! CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliences) by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 06, 2011 at 20:30 UTC
Sorry, but I considered the gas stove as something that has always existed, just like the gas water heaters, fridges, washing machines, cars, motorbikes, radio, television, electric chandeliers, etc. Maybe I'm too young. I admit I might also be inconsistent in what I consider as old and what as new.	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliences) by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 06, 2011 at 20:59 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliances) by tobyink (Canon) on Dec 06, 2011 at 21:08 UTC
Hair iron no idea what this even is Electric razor don't have one Electric toothbrush don't have one Electric pencil sharpener don't have one Electric garage door don't have a garage, or a car Electronic thermometer don't have one Electronic blood pressure meter don't have one Parking sensor don't have one Electric clothes dryer don't have one Electric kettle do have one, but could make do without... just use the stove Immersion heater don't have one Coffee machine don't have one Dishwasher don't have one Microwave oven don't have one Bread maker don't have one Electric griddle don't have one Barbecue grill don't have one Electric or induction stove don't have one Electric oven do have one, but would prefer gas I think I could quite easily live without all the items on your list, and already do live without most of them. Fridge, freezer and washing machine I wouldn't want to do without though.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliances) by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 06, 2011 at 21:23 UTC
Hair iron: no idea what this even is Used by girls to make their long hair wavy. Thus, most people won't ever use one, and some of those who do use it only at the hairdressers', so they don't own one at home. Electric oven do have one, but would prefer gas Some do, yes. Some prefer electric/induction because it's easier to clean.	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 (modern household appliances) by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 06, 2011 at 22:13 UTC
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by cavac (Parson) on Nov 25, 2011 at 00:12 UTC
The first thing i tell an initiate in response to his/her first SoPW is to `use strict;` to `use warnings;` to `use diagnostics;` to ask for the data/arguments he/she used to use the </code> tags to even post some code to at least describe the problem to use the three-argument version of open to at least check the return of open that is forum is only for Perl related problems that we don't do other peoples homework that we don't help him/her to write SPAM scripts that he/she is a spammer. ...? What no! I don't reply to initiates!!1! that i don't know this Perl guy either. Where am i? Don't use '#ff0000': use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED(); All colors subject to change without notice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Drunk) by Arunbear (Prior) on Jun 01, 2011 at 12:43 UTC
The most drunk I've ever been: Tipsy Soused Stinkin' Boris Yeltsin (Inspired by The Springfield Files)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Drunk) by planetscape (Chancellor) on Jun 03, 2011 at 19:03 UTC
As the daughter of an abusive alcoholic, I find this terribly unfunny. HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (Drunk) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 03, 2011 at 21:07 UTC
That option should read As the offspring of an abusive alcoholic, I find this terribly unfunny.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Drunk) by Tux (Canon) on Jun 01, 2011 at 13:46 UTC
What do people choose that don't drink at all? I've felt "drunk" from love a few times, does that count too? Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 (Drunk) by Arunbear (Prior) on Jun 02, 2011 at 10:09 UTC
How about "clean as a whistle" for those that don't drink at all? Love based drunkenness would probably confuse the issue, though the poll is about the degree of drunkenness rather than the source of it.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Jan 04, 2012 at 00:11 UTC
When i see "10", i think: 0 (one "zero") 2 (binary) 10 (duh!) 110 (one "ten") X (when in Rome) ? HOME (clearly basic) Countdown (explosion, or some stupid list) Perfect! (Ultimately Posted as When I see "10", I think:)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Anonymous Monk on Jan 04, 2012 at 01:18 UTC
Hi chacham, its 2012, so post to poll ideas quest 2012	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Jan 04, 2012 at 02:12 UTC
Duh! Thanx. :) posted	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (video card) by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 12, 2011 at 09:02 UTC
The best video card brand is… ATI/AMD Intel Nvidia	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (video card) by Tux (Canon) on Oct 12, 2011 at 12:07 UTC
I'm not sure I like this poll. My first reaction was "The question should be: The worst video card brand is ...", but on either question, a flame-war is likely to happen. On personal experience, I'f found that it also really matters if the card is used in a laptop (I prefer ATI) or in a desktop (I don't really care). Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (video card) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2011 at 12:07 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_hardware_manufacturers#Video_cards	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (monthly or hourly rates) by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 26, 2011 at 09:01 UTC
The right way to quote wages is… Per year Per month Per week Per day Per hour By amount of work done Some other unit	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (body count) by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 30, 2011 at 08:48 UTC
The ideal body count for a detective novel is… 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 to 10 11 to 19 20 or more	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 06, 2011 at 20:37 UTC
I do most of my reading: on a chair/coach in bed at my computer outside on the bus/train/subway/tram in the lavatory whenever & wherever I'm curious, so many different habits here. Are these options any good? Edit: Added train/subway/tram	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Dec 06, 2011 at 22:32 UTC
I hate reading in the sense that is proposed in this poll. I like to "read" books in the form of audio-books. Does that count? In that case: "In my car" Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 06, 2011 at 22:38 UTC
To me, reading is a comfortable exercise that i am in control of. Listening, is also getting the information, but is an entirely different mood.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 06, 2011 at 22:14 UTC
Before moving to the town, I did most of my reading on a train. Much more comfortable than a bus.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 06, 2011 at 22:41 UTC
Excellent point. Updated option.	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 (Omega) by Arunbear (Prior) on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:29 UTC
I get my Omega 3 from: Algae Krill Fish Flax	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 (Omega) by mandarin (Hermit) on Jul 22, 2011 at 19:52 UTC
Kangaroo	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 30, 2011 at 11:50 UTC
My New Years (Perl) resolution is... Learn (more) Perl Learn a language other than Perl Get a life	[reply]
Re: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Nov 15, 2011 at 16:20 UTC
My favorite character/show's signature exclamation is: Pinky and the Brain Narf! Zort! Troz! Poit! Egad! Fjord! Simpsons Doh! woohoo! cowabunga! Batman and Robin Pow! Zap! Holy $x! Superman Great Scott! Great Ceaser's Ghost! Little Rascals Otay!	[reply]

poll ideas quest 2011

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