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Christian Neukirchen

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Dec 24, 2004, 8:21:43 AM12/24/04
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Well, what more is there to say? :-)

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### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen

I wonder why this didn't come up sooner.


Jamis Buck

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Dec 24, 2004, 8:39:25 AM12/24/04
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Clever! Thanks for the fun show. :)

- Jamis

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Roeland Moors

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Dec 24, 2004, 8:47:44 AM12/24/04
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amazing :-)

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Roeland


trans. (T. Onoma)

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Dec 24, 2004, 10:59:36 AM12/24/04
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:( I get

(eval):5: syntax error
@
^

--
( o _ カラチ
// trans.
/ \ tran...@runbox.com
[8,16,20,29,78,65,2,14,26,12,12,28,71,114,12,13,12,82,72,21,17,4,10,2,95].
each_with_index{|x,i| $><<(x^'Begin landing your troops'[i]).chr}
-Tadayoshi Funaba

CT

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Dec 24, 2004, 12:11:03 PM12/24/04
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> On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> | Well, what more is there to say? :-)

*damn*, how'd you do that?!
Merry christmas to you too!:)
- Ct


Tim Heaney

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Dec 24, 2004, 1:09:31 PM12/24/04
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"trans. (T. Onoma)" <tran...@runbox.com> writes:

> :( I get
>
> (eval):5: syntax error
> @
> ^

Is it a cut-and-paste issue with your terminal? Try putting it all in
a file, say foo, and then running

ruby foo

from the command line or

load 'foo'

from the irb prompt.

I hope this helps,

Tim

trans. (T. Onoma)

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Dec 24, 2004, 2:26:01 PM12/24/04
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On Friday 24 December 2004 01:11 pm, Tim Heaney wrote:
| "trans. (T. Onoma)" <tran...@runbox.com> writes:
| > :( I get
| >
| > (eval):5: syntax error
| > @
| > ^
|
| Is it a cut-and-paste issue with your terminal? Try putting it all in
| a file, say foo, and then running

Yes it was a cut-and-paste nasty.

Thanks,
T.


Michael Neumann

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Dec 25, 2004, 6:02:30 AM12/25/04
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CT wrote:
>>On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>>| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
>
>
> *damn*, how'd you do that?!

Pretty easy (except drawing the tree :). Write the source-code first,
then base64 encode it, and insert newlines/whitespace to make the picture.

Merry christmas.

Michael


Christian Neukirchen

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Dec 25, 2004, 7:36:47 AM12/25/04
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Michael Neumann <mneu...@ntecs.de> writes:

That's about how I did it. Except not manually, of course. :-)

# mkxmas.rb

template = <<EOF
s="*****************************************
********************************************
**** * * * * ****
**** * * ** * * ****
**** * * **** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ******** * ****
**** * * ********** * * ****
**** * ************ * ****
**** * ************** * * ****
**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ********** * ****
**** * * ************ * * ****
**** * ************** * ****
**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ******************** * ****
**** ********************** * ****
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**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ******************** * ****
**** * ********************** * ****
**** ************************ ****
**** * ************************** * ****
**** **************************** ****
**** ****************************** * ****
**** ******************************* ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ****** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ****** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * * * * ****
******************************************##


### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen

EOF

code = <<'EOF'
# Thanks for looking at my code.
#
# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Christian Neukirchen <chneuk...@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

STDOUT.sync = true
d1, d2 = 0.15, 0.06
s = "Merry christmas, ... and a happy new year"
m = %w{, . : ! + * 0 O @}
u = " " * s.size

print "\r #{u}\r";

(0..(s.size-1)).to_a.sort_by { rand }.each { |r|
sleep d1
next if s[r] == " "[0]
m.each { |k|
u[r] = k
print " #{u}\r"
sleep d2
}
u[r] = s[r]
print " #{u}\r"
}

sleep d2
print " #{u}!\r";
sleep 3
print " #{u}! --chris2\n";

# filler space ########################
EOF

hexcode = [code].pack("m*").delete("\n")

footer = '";eval s.delete!(" \\n").unpack("m*")[0]'

hexcode += footer

hcnt = 0
0.upto(template.size) { |tcnt|
if template[tcnt] == ?* && hcnt < hexcode.size
template[tcnt] = hexcode[hcnt]
hcnt += 1
end
}

puts template

> Merry christmas.
>
> Michael

The basic way of bubbling up characters is shamelessly stolen from a
similar obfu I saw at perlmonks, btw. ;-)


Merry Christmas,
Christian Neukirchen


Dick Davies

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Dec 26, 2004, 7:26:51 PM12/26/04
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* Christian Neukirchen <chneuk...@gmail.com> [1237 12:37]:

> Michael Neumann <mneu...@ntecs.de> writes:
>
> > CT wrote:
> >>>On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> >>>| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
> >> *damn*, how'd you do that?!
> >
> > Pretty easy (except drawing the tree :). Write the source-code first,
> > then base64 encode it, and insert newlines/whitespace to make the
> > picture.
>
> That's about how I did it. Except not manually, of course. :-)
>
> # mkxmas.rb

Now *that's* cool - always wondered how you fellas did these....



> template = <<EOF
> s="*****************************************
> ********************************************
> **** * * * * ****
> **** * * ** * * ****
> **** * * **** * * ****
> **** * * ****** * * ****
> **** * ******** * ****

--
'Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!'
-- Prof. Farnsworth
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns


Antonio Cangiano

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Dec 26, 2004, 7:44:45 PM12/26/04
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Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Well, what more is there to say? :-)

Very smart. :-)

Cheers,
Antonio
--
The saddest thing life is a waste of talent, and the choices you make
will shape your life forever. - The Bronx Tale

Simon Strandgaard

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Dec 30, 2004, 6:11:30 PM12/30/04
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From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png


It was nice xmas. Happy new year.

--
Simon Strandgaard


Premshree Pillai

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Dec 30, 2004, 6:17:33 PM12/30/04
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:11:30 +0900, Simon Strandgaard <neo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.

Umm, now that we are at it, is there some kinda official/unofficial
Ruby t-shirt available anywhere online?

> http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png
>
> It was nice xmas. Happy new year.
>
> --
> Simon Strandgaard
>
>


--
Premshree Pillai
http://www.livejournal.com/~premshree


Christian Neukirchen

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Dec 31, 2004, 9:16:24 AM12/31/04
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Simon Strandgaard <neo...@gmail.com> writes:

> From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
> http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png

That I can't top of course. :-)

But http://kronavita.de/chris/data/presents.jpg is pretty cool too.

> It was nice xmas. Happy new year.

Oh yes, it was. Happy new year to you all too.

> --
> Simon Strandgaard

Christian Neukirchen
<chneuk...@gmail.com>


Simon Strandgaard

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Dec 31, 2004, 11:04:20 AM12/31/04
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:16:24 +0900, Christian Neukirchen
<chneuk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon Strandgaard <neo...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
> > http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png
>
> That I can't top of course. :-)
>
> But http://kronavita.de/chris/data/presents.jpg is pretty cool too.

I would like a speciment of that book too.
Maybe that should be my new years promise for 2005 to buy a book?

> > It was nice xmas. Happy new year.
>
> Oh yes, it was. Happy new year to you all too.

Yes happy new year to all ruby people.

btw: how is new year celebrated in japan?

--
Simon Strandgaard


"Eustáquio Rangel de Oliveira Jr."

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Dec 31, 2004, 12:39:10 PM12/31/04
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Hi!

|>From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
|>http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png

Wow, seems a little bloody. :-)

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Eustáquio "TaQ" Rangel
eustaqu...@yahoo.com
http://beam.to/taq
Usuário GNU/Linux no. 224050
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James Britt

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Dec 31, 2004, 12:40:47 PM12/31/04
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Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Simon Strandgaard <neo...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>>From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
>>http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png
>
>
> That I can't top of course. :-)
>
> But http://kronavita.de/chris/data/presents.jpg is pretty cool too.


(shirt(outstanding))

(James)


Christian Neukirchen

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Dec 31, 2004, 1:41:53 PM12/31/04
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James Britt <jamesUN...@neurogami.com> writes:

You didn't do any Lisp recently, did you?

(setf shirt 'outstanding)

(sign 'James)


Christian Neukirchen
<chneuk...@gmail.com>


James Britt

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Dec 31, 2004, 2:10:47 PM12/31/04
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Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> James Britt <jamesUN...@neurogami.com> writes:
>
>
>>Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>>
>>>Simon Strandgaard <neo...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>From my sister I got a handmade ruby shirt.
>>>
>>>>http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/neoneye/simon_strandgaards_shirt.png
>>>
>>>That I can't top of course. :-)
>>>But http://kronavita.de/chris/data/presents.jpg is pretty cool too.
>>
>>
>>(shirt(outstanding))
>>
>>(James)
>
>
> You didn't do any Lisp recently, did you?

Oh, it shows, does it?

I did go through this slick tutorial

http://www.lisperati.com/casting.html

which does a such a fine job of explaining basic Lisp that I could
readily parse your correction of my ersatz jumble of parens.

Lisp is moving up on my list of Things I Need to Finally Try to Learn
and Use For Real.


James


Christian Neukirchen

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Dec 31, 2004, 9:22:26 PM12/31/04
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James Britt <jamesUN...@neurogami.com> writes:

>> You didn't do any Lisp recently, did you?
>
> Oh, it shows, does it?
>
> I did go through this slick tutorial
>
> http://www.lisperati.com/casting.html
>
> which does a such a fine job of explaining basic Lisp that I could
> readily parse your correction of my ersatz jumble of parens.
>
> Lisp is moving up on my list of Things I Need to Finally Try to Learn
> and Use For Real.

You probably won't find a lot of practical use for it, but Lisp ought
to be learned by everyone.

> James

Christian Neukirchen
<chneuk...@gmail.com>


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