From bug at insecti.com Sun Aug 3 14:33:06 2008 From: bug at insecti.com (Harrison Reiser) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:33:06 -0600 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! Message-ID: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. Have fun! --Bug From kprojection at gmail.com Sun Aug 3 20:19:36 2008 From: kprojection at gmail.com (Eric Mill) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:19:36 -0400 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! In-Reply-To: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> References: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: That was fun! Is it that "timeshare" needs to be pluralized? On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Harrison Reiser wrote: > Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. > > Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if > "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. > > Have fun! > > --Bug > _______________________________________________ > poignant-stiffs mailing list > poignant-stiffs at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs > From bug at insecti.com Sun Aug 3 20:28:10 2008 From: bug at insecti.com (Bug) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:28:10 -0600 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! In-Reply-To: References: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <644666c80808031728l638bb5a6q5c8f72f43caa8f73@mail.gmail.com> Ah, no, but I suppose that was also a mistake. Look again! :) Triple hint: it's not in the dictionary. On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Eric Mill wrote: > That was fun! Is it that "timeshare" needs to be pluralized? > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Harrison Reiser wrote: >> Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. >> >> Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if >> "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. >> >> Have fun! >> >> --Bug From kprojection at gmail.com Sun Aug 3 21:01:58 2008 From: kprojection at gmail.com (Eric Mill) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:01:58 -0400 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! In-Reply-To: <644666c80808031728l638bb5a6q5c8f72f43caa8f73@mail.gmail.com> References: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> <644666c80808031728l638bb5a6q5c8f72f43caa8f73@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Smotchkiss?! On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Bug wrote: > Ah, no, but I suppose that was also a mistake. Look again! :) > > Triple hint: it's not in the dictionary. > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Eric Mill wrote: >> That was fun! Is it that "timeshare" needs to be pluralized? >> >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Harrison Reiser wrote: >>> Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. >>> >>> Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if >>> "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. >>> >>> Have fun! >>> >>> --Bug > _______________________________________________ > poignant-stiffs mailing list > poignant-stiffs at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs > From bug at insecti.com Sun Aug 3 21:14:51 2008 From: bug at insecti.com (Bug) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:14:51 -0600 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! In-Reply-To: References: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> <644666c80808031728l638bb5a6q5c8f72f43caa8f73@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <644666c80808031814q229ccee7kf60db7873742b185@mail.gmail.com> Oh, of course not! On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Eric Mill wrote: > Smotchkiss?! > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Bug wrote: >> Ah, no, but I suppose that was also a mistake. Look again! :) >> >> Triple hint: it's not in the dictionary. >> >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Eric Mill wrote: >>> That was fun! Is it that "timeshare" needs to be pluralized? >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Harrison Reiser wrote: >>>> Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. >>>> >>>> Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if >>>> "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. >>>> >>>> Have fun! >>>> >>>> --Bug From kprojection at gmail.com Sun Aug 3 21:16:35 2008 From: kprojection at gmail.com (Eric Mill) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:16:35 -0400 Subject: Let's play Find the Typo! In-Reply-To: <644666c80808031814q229ccee7kf60db7873742b185@mail.gmail.com> References: <644666c80808031133x79fbc610me6ccee9bb24a253b@mail.gmail.com> <644666c80808031728l638bb5a6q5c8f72f43caa8f73@mail.gmail.com> <644666c80808031814q229ccee7kf60db7873742b185@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Boom!: "ancronyms" On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Bug wrote: > Oh, of course not! > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Eric Mill wrote: >> Smotchkiss?! >> >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Bug wrote: >>> Ah, no, but I suppose that was also a mistake. Look again! :) >>> >>> Triple hint: it's not in the dictionary. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Eric Mill wrote: >>>> That was fun! Is it that "timeshare" needs to be pluralized? >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Harrison Reiser wrote: >>>>> Hint: it's in Chapter #{true.object_id}. >>>>> >>>>> Double hint: it's in Section #{(2..42).find {|i| eval "$#{i}"} if >>>>> "supper moon key" =~ /(up).*(down)?.*(moo)/}. >>>>> >>>>> Have fun! >>>>> >>>>> --Bug > _______________________________________________ > poignant-stiffs mailing list > poignant-stiffs at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs > From neotrobe at gmail.com Thu Aug 7 23:14:27 2008 From: neotrobe at gmail.com (Adam Smith) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:14:27 -0400 Subject: Error in the Poignant Guide Message-ID: <3865360d0808072014m599b7630g3157adbb1d80b2d8@mail.gmail.com> I am going to say I love this book and am very grateful that Why comprised this series of stories intertwined with breaks of laughable content so the important parts can be digested by the brain. However, while working through Chapter 5 I found an example that I could not complete. It was the regular expression example found in chapter 5 where Why is showing how to remove stuff found in parenthesis. The regular expression did not perform as expected so I looked further into and found a better regular expression that performed a little better. sent1 = "This is a string with (some parens and stuff in it ) that I hope my regexp will remove properly" sent2 = "this will test multi(((pules of stuff in the parenss)) here is some more" sent3 = "Third test ))) ((( will this fail or work?" sent4 = "Fourth test I hope this ((( does indeed( wor)k) ou)t))) or I might look like a fool" Why's regular expression: sentence.gsub( /$[-\w]+$/, ") Regular expression I found to perform as intended: sentence.gsub(/\s*$+(\S|\s)*$+/, '') Again I love the book just wondering if anyone else found this too? However, when I did find it and found out what was going on and why it was not working and how to get it work properly just goes to show that Why's books is truly a great book. -- Adam QED From jacob.tomaw at gmail.com Tue Aug 19 11:59:23 2008 From: jacob.tomaw at gmail.com (Jacob Tomaw) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:59:23 +0000 Subject: New invitation from Jacob Tomaw Message-ID: <20080819163436.790E318585C7@rubyforge.org> You have been invited to connect as friends with Jacob Tomaw Please accept or reject this invitation by clicking below: http://www.bebo.com/in/7670115480a386004443b135 ...................................................................... Please do not reply directly to this email. This email was sent to you at the direct request of Jacob Tomaw . You have not been added to a mailing list. 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