Earlier this year, proving that XP is just a number and certainly not a measure of Perl ability, my name found its way onto Saints in our Book. I think it's a fair bet that everyone on that list knows Perl better than I do. But I did look at a few monks' home nodes out of curiosity and I noticed a few things that looked strange or funny.
Disclaimers: My view of the world is warped, and your warp factor may differ from mine. The HTML table below appeared fine in my scratchpad, but my HTML is worse than my Perl. All links are subject to change. Bugs may be fixed. Only monks in Saints in our Book have been included. Only the very mildest of link obfuscation has been used - just putting your mouse over the link may give an answer away. Monks may not be telling the truth. The monks are listed in the order in which I noticed something that appealed to me.
| Which monk? | This monk | Explanation |
| Is the terror of the ethernet? | This monk | Look at the picture… |
| Has over a million air miles? Lives in the USA, so that's not surprising since his company name implies Wiltshire. | This monk | Air miles Wiltshire |
| Spent ten years in exile? | This monk | Wikipedia |
| Taught Alexander? | This monk | Wikipedia |
| Likes his chances? | This monk | This node, among others |
| Lives on turtle? | This monk | External link |
| Pictures computer use as the DESCENT of man? | This monk | Look at the picture… |
| May not realise her userid is Regency slang for "Drunk"? | This monk | Can't find a reference, but I assure you… |
| Has no writeups? | This monk & This monk | This node, possibly? |
| Is a goon? | This monk | External link |
| Runs at 1.77MHz? | This monk | Wikipedia |
| Has the most writeups, although the number is stuck? | This monk | the number to hex. |
| Finds 23 strangely significant? | This monk | Look at the copy of the XP nodelet |
| Used to be cbu? | This monk | That's what he says |
| Is a sock puppet? | This monk | Look at the picture… |
| Likes quantum motoring? | This monk | Look at the picture… |
Regards,
John Davies
Update: just got the point of the stuck number thanks to following a link on JediKaiti's home node. He who laughs last had to have it explained.
Update 2017-12-17: that exile has now been revoked. External link
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Re: How well do you know your fellow monks?
by hbm (Hermit) on Dec 17, 2011 at 16:15 UTC |