Inaugural 'Eagle-Eye' Award [clug] Command of the Hour
Robert Edwards
bob at cs.anu.edu.au
Wed Sep 17 01:06:17 GMT 2008
I reckon Brett should get an extra slice of Pizza at the next
CLUG meeting, in recognition of this outstanding achievement!
And whoever wins "most pizza consumed in a sitting" can also
get an extra slice - at the same sitting!
Bob Edwards.
steve jenkin wrote:
> Robert Edwards wrote on 17/9/08 9:48 AM:
>
> I'd like to propose Brett for the Inaugural "CLUG Eagle-Eye" award.
> This had me chuckling this morning - really good fun!
> [And isn't that a big chunk of our shared ethos?]
>
> It really was quite spectacular - spotting the detail, with such speed.
>
> The usual questions about 'awards':
>
> - how often?
> - who decides (being an anarchic collective, 'everyone'?)
> - what trophy?
> - special event, normal meeting, or just on-line?
>
> Anyone got ideas for other *fun* awards??
>
> - best flame-bait
> - worst dressed geek
> - most pizza consumed in a sitting
> - best code or program [with a special category for Tridge :-)]
> - longest thread
> - cutest toy or gizmo
> - Michael Still award for longest trip to a meeting
> - best and fairest website
> - ?????
>
>> Brett Worth wrote:
>>> 2008/9/17 Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au>:
>>>> I usually use the 'mail' command to do the equivalent of what you are
>>>> doing with 'log':
>>>>
>>>> bob at puddleduck:~$ mail bob at wherever -s Garden
>>>> Need to prune the almond tree
>>>> .
>>>> bob at puddleduck:~%
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> Does the mail command cause your shell to switch from bash to csh?
>>> That's weird!! :-)
>>>
>> OK, you got me. A bit of careless cut and pasting which I fixed by hand.
>> Should have gone back and re-selected the text. Boy - you are
>> eagle-eyed!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Edwards.
>
>
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