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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