Stupid IRC people...

notfred

Lifer
Feb 12, 2001
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I go on IRC to ask a technical question....

Background: the guy called lzh is a freaking genious, I would like to get his input.

here's an abbreviated transcript.

<not^fred> how can I convert a scalar containing 4 bytes (a 32bit unsigned integer) into it's decimal equivelent with unpack?
*** lzh has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
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<not^fred> how can I convert a scalar containing 4 bytes (a 32bit unsigned integer) into it's decimal equivelent with unpack?
<eschmidt> not^fred: don't repeat
<eschmidt> by "scalar containing 4 bytes", do you mean a floating point number?


God damn self-righteuos dumbass. No, I don't mean a float, I mean a damn unsigned integer!

argh :|
 

Gunbuster

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Private msg. the guy

and dont type !list if the rules say not to

/end grumpy IRC user mode
 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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*** Now talking in #perl
*** Topic is 'NO cgi or perl-on-webservers: goto #cgi. just perl problem solving. http://perldoc.com/ http://perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlretut.html <- regex tutorial'
*** Set by lzh on Sun Sep 15 16:00:47
<sully> hah!
*** xjust- (xjust@xju.st) has joined #perl
<not^fred> hey sully
<sully> heya notfred, just saw your AT thread
<not^fred> don't post it here :)
<sully> hehe

I actually have a habit of getting banned from #perl on Undernet. Nobody has really been able to explain to me why. :confused:
 

Freejack2

Diamond Member
Dec 31, 2000
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LOL!

<DaZE> at my school.. the cop from DARE passed around 3 joints to show everyone... and he said "if i dont get all three of these back this schools getting locked down and everyones getting searched till i find it.." and like 30 minutes later when everyone got to see 'em and they got passed back the cop had 4
 

Cuda1447

Lifer
Jul 26, 2002
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My favorite 2....




<Zanthis(ALE)> AFK, tornado





<orion`-`-> what the fvck
<orion`-`-> i think the icecream truck just hit a kid
<orion`-`-> brbrb




AHAHAHAHAH!!!!

 

Derango

Diamond Member
Jan 1, 2002
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<django23> I have a stupid question: what does "sendmail" do?
<Epesh> django: you're right, that is pretty stupid


heheheheh
 

Rias

Member
Aug 23, 2002
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Is what you are looking for unpack("%I", $var)?

perldoc -f pack lists I as unsigned integer.
 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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Actually it's probably because I have a tendency to go off topic while on IRC and #perl is strictly a problem-solving channel. No need for braggadocio; I know you weren't involved.

Rias, nice to see another Perl coder on hand. If nobody has gotten to welcoming you yet, welcome and thanks for joining AT. :)
 

Rias

Member
Aug 23, 2002
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thanks yllus, I've been a lurker for quite some time now.

Too bad that channel can't handle off-topic talk, as that is much more fun :)

From my experience with different #perl on other networks, they are much more friendly. Even the channel where most of the core developers hang out has much more off-topic talk than actual on-topic talk.