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Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Keith T. <kaz...@ea...>]

 
Hello Albert -- 

>Albert Graef wrote:
>>Yeah, that gazillion of Pure downloads must have brought it to its
>>knees, crying for mercy. ;-)

<tongue-in-cheek>
Me thinks that another explanation is closer to the truth.

Seems that a webmaster at sf.net got confused, what with one bloke authoring *two* different programming languages (even the great and all-powerful Larry Wall constrains his munificence to only one language), and decided that Pure was in fact a prank, or worse...

So he attempted to merge the repositories for Pure and Q...(cover your ears)

!!!CRAAAAACK!!! as a thousand motherboards fractured from the heat of fusion

and as night became day... the baleful language "PuQe" heaved into existence.

then all the sf.net servers followed PuQe's example, and um... er... "puked"!

Which is why sf.net went down. Seriously.

Fortunately, the Great Wizards of Gnu quickly restored order to the universe.

A happy ending!
</tic>

Yes, I'm a prat. ;-)

Cheers!
Keith 
 

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Keith T. <kaz...@ea...>]

 
Hello All -- 

>Libor Spacek wrote:
>> I think "Pure" is rather asking for dirty jokes :)

Thank you, Libor! I was too polite to mention that... ;-)

>Albert Graef wrote:
>>Wait until the "virgin" module comes out. ;-)

Can we have "gorilla" and "volcano" modules to go with that? ;-)

And if this were (cough) Perl (cough), you'd have to have an "impure" pragma.

;-)

Yes, Albert, you have stepped into it with your choice of name. Luckily, you can always call on "Clean" to help out. As for the web, "HTML Tidy" is yours!

(groan)

Btw., interesting choice of font in the Pure "logo"! I wonder, which font is the "most pure of all" ("purest of the pure")...plus...is it a TrueType font? 

Before this gets too ridiculous, I'll take this "advise": "Be gone with you!"

Cheers!
Keith 
 

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Keith Trenton wrote:
> Btw., interesting choice of font in the Pure "logo"! I wonder, which font is the "most pure of all" ("purest of the pure")...plus...is it a TrueType font? 

Yes, it was a TrueType font, but I don't actually remember which one.
This is a temporary placeholder anyway. I'm still looking for something
nicer, like the "Q bear" mascot. Any suggestions?

Albert

-- 
Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
Email:  Dr....@t-..., ag...@mu...
WWW:    http://www.musikinformatik.uni-mainz.de/ag

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Eddie R. <er...@bm...>]

A 3D water drop with a P on it's surface? I'll draw one up tomorrow in
charcoal and if I can find a scanner, I'll attach it to an email to see
what you think.

e.r.

On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 23:05 +0200, Albert Graef wrote:
> Keith Trenton wrote:
> > Btw., interesting choice of font in the Pure "logo"! I wonder, which font is the "most pure of all" ("purest of the pure")...plus...is it a TrueType font? 
> 
> Yes, it was a TrueType font, but I don't actually remember which one.
> This is a temporary placeholder anyway. I'm still looking for something
> nicer, like the "Q bear" mascot. Any suggestions?
> 
> Albert
> 

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Eddie R. <er...@bm...>]

Oops this went to the wrong place. I meant for the logo.

e.r.

On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 16:24 -0500, Eddie Rucker wrote:
> A 3D water drop with a P on it's surface? I'll draw one up tomorrow in
> charcoal and if I can find a scanner, I'll attach it to an email to see
> what you think.
> 
> e.r.
> 
> On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 23:05 +0200, Albert Graef wrote:
> > Keith Trenton wrote:
> > > Btw., interesting choice of font in the Pure "logo"! I wonder, which font is the "most pure of all" ("purest of the pure")...plus...is it a TrueType font? 
> > 
> > Yes, it was a TrueType font, but I don't actually remember which one.
> > This is a temporary placeholder anyway. I'm still looking for something
> > nicer, like the "Q bear" mascot. Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Albert
> > 
> 
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Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Keith T. <kaz...@ea...>]

 
Hello Albert -- 

>Albert Graef wrote:
>>Yes, it was a TrueType font, but I don't actually remember which one.

Oops! Not my point, I should have put quote marks around "TrueType".

"TrueType" as in "PureFont"... (groan) I know, I know... "weak
tea". ;-)

>Albert Graef wrote:
>>I'm still looking for something nicer, like the "Q bear" mascot.

I can't wait to see Eddie's water drop(let), but I will point out that
the word "Pure", as rendered in an appropriate font, is quite suitable.

While iconic images of *purity* come to mind (eg., angels, 24 kt gold),
I wonder how appropriate these are for a computer programming language.

And you could always allow the "Q Bear" to pull double duty. After all,
if Pure takes off, he may be out of his job! Please, think of the bear!

IIRC, Germany has strict labour protection laws... ;-)

To support this last point, there is a product sold here in the US and
Canada, a laundry softener, that has a cuddly stuffed bear as a mascot!

Animated, of course... ;-)

Cheers!
Keith 
 
 

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Keith Trenton wrote:
> and as night became day... the baleful language "PuQe" heaved into existence.

ROFL, I'll have to start a file with Pure-related jokes. ;-) Like the
adventures of Roo-Man and Joey in the HP-75 Internal Design
Specification, does anyone else know these? Great stuff, from the good
old (pre-Carly) times at Hewlett Packard.

Albert

-- 
Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
Email:  Dr....@t-..., ag...@mu...
WWW:    http://www.musikinformatik.uni-mainz.de/ag

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Libor S. <li...@gm...>]

I think "Pure" is rather asking for dirty jokes :)

Re: [q-lang-users] Where's sf.net?

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Libor Spacek wrote:
> I think "Pure" is rather asking for dirty jokes :)

Wait until the "virgin" module comes out. ;-)

(Sorry, I hope that nobody feels offended by my bad jokes.)

-- 
Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
Email:  Dr....@t-..., ag...@mu...
WWW:    http://www.musikinformatik.uni-mainz.de/ag