From ruby-talk-admin@ruby-lang.org Thu Oct 28 05:21:25 2004 Received: from kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp (kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp [133.44.2.24]) by blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i9RKLLPn020557; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:21 +0900 Received: from funfun.nagaokaut.ac.jp (funfun.nagaokaut.ac.jp [133.44.2.201]) by kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4665E9B; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:27 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (localhost.nagaokaut.ac.jp [127.0.0.1]) by funfun.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFA0F04874; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:27 +0900 (JST) Received: from voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp (voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp [133.44.1.100]) by funfun.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 511C7F04871; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:26 +0900 (JST) Received: from beryllium.ruby-lang.org (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [210.251.121.210]) by voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24167630073; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:26 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [127.0.0.1]) by beryllium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58FB43427F; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:25 +0900 (JST) Received: from beryllium.ruby-lang.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11664-06; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:24 +0900 (JST) Received: from beryllium.ruby-lang.org (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [127.0.0.1]) by beryllium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70013416B; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:23 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [127.0.0.1]) by beryllium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B2D3427F for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:19 +0900 (JST) Received: from beryllium.ruby-lang.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (beryllium.ruby-lang.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11664-05 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:19 +0900 (JST) Received: from gatekeeper.tait.co.nz (unknown [202.37.96.21]) by beryllium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920143416B for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:18 +0900 (JST) Received: from gatekeeper.tait.co.nz (merlin.tait.co.nz [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.tait.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A146210B922 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:21:16 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from sunstrike.tait.co.nz (unknown [172.25.40.92]) by gatekeeper.tait.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABF410B908 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:21:16 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from conversion-daemon.sunstrike.tait.co.nz by sunstrike.tait.co.nz (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 (built Apr 28 2004)) id <0I69003019SJN200@sunstrike.tait.co.nz> (original mail from john.carter@tait.co.nz) for ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:18:17 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from parore.tait.co.nz ([172.25.140.12]) by sunstrike.tait.co.nz (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 (built Apr 28 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I6900ML5F2HBX60@sunstrike.tait.co.nz> for ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:18:17 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] ident=johnc) by parore.tait.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CMuIF-0006Nt-DC for ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:21:15 +1300 Delivered-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:21:19 +0900 Posted: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:21:14 +1300 (NZDT) From: John Carter Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org Subject: Re: ruby humor (was Re: Writing documentation in YAML - any advice?) To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <417F799A.1020800@NASA.Gov> References: <417D3752.7080306@neurogami.com> <417F1964.3030902@neurogami.com> <417F2671.1060302@whytheluckystiff.net> <417F799A.1020800@NASA.Gov> X-ML-Name: ruby-talk X-Mail-Count: 118013 X-MLServer: fml [fml 4.0.3 release (20011202/4.0.3)]; post only (only members can post) X-ML-Info: If you have a question, send e-mail with the body "help" (without quotes) to the address ruby-talk-ctl@ruby-lang.org; help= X-Mailer: Pidgeon Post X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-X-Sender: johnc@parore.tait.co.nz X-Complaints-to: /dev/null X-Apparently-From: mars X-Contents: May contain traces of nuts. X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on beryllium.ruby-lang.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=7.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Precedence: bulk Lines: 31 List-Id: ruby-talk.ruby-lang.org List-Software: fml [fml 4.0.3 release (20011202/4.0.3)] List-Post: List-Owner: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ruby-lang.org X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020531 On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Bil Kleb wrote: > why the lucky stiff wrote: >> >> For example, if I have a paragraph I'd like to hilite: >> >> p(hilite). Despite the surge of power you feel upon learning Ruby, >> resist the urge to trip others or slap them in the bald head. >> DO NOT LORD YOUR RUBYNESS OVER OTHERS! > > LOL -- I practically fell off my chair. Of course you shouldn't. Obvious. You should write a couple of lines of ruby to trip them up, shave 'em bald and slap them over the head. THAT WAY YOU CAN LORD IT OVER ALL OF THEM! John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john.carter@tait.co.nz New Zealand The universe is absolutely plastered with the dashed lines exactly one space long.