Here's one of those questions again ;-). I am writing a module for DokuWikis xmlrpc interface. Does it make sense to implenent a cli client in the main() function of the module? - Michael Klier
bei solchen äusserungen stelle ich mir immer den torvalds vor wie er am schreibtisch sitzt und sich einen kichert... troll halt - igor
Hey, er weiss, wie man Aufmerksamkeit auf Dinge lenkt. Ich weiss nicht ob je ein Bug so viele Hits hatte wie der, den er für fedora bzgl. flash geschrieben hatte. (Wife, Rickroll &ct). Naja, vielleicht das Debian SSL Debakel... - Jürgen Geuter
apropos debian ssl debakel, ich mag DSA-1571 ja schon deshalb, weil die C64 floppy damals 1571 hiess - igor
What do you mean? You wanna call a method that you just know the name of? - Jürgen Geuter
Something like obj.$method() (where I have the method name in a string) ... I thought tinkering with with getattr() and __call__ might be the right way but I don't get it :-S - Michael Klier
Ok, I am using exec() now, though I guess there's something more elegant ... - Michael Klier
Guess where I am sitting right now ;-). At work, setting up email auto replies. I am so used to have breakfast at work it's kinda hard not to go there... - Michael Klier
I gave up my birthday last year. I no longer have one. True, I do have an arbitary string of numbers that I use to identify myself in various places, but that's nothing to do with birthdays. I'll be giving up Xmas when my kids are a bit older - they were pissed enough with me for giving up my birthday. - Ivan Pope via twhirl
It's an excuse to indulge in cake and alcohol! - Mona N
Well, Loic, the first year where you don't have a birthday might see others gathering to celebrate you in a different way, for one last time. Celebrating a birthday means you made it to the next one! - Louis Gray
Me? I celebrate being alive. Any day will do but I might as well use the one I started on. - Soulhuntre via twhirl
I like the hobbit birthday celebration: give everyone else gifts and throw a big party on your own birthday. 1) you only have to remember one date; 2) it's kind of like saying "Thank you for not killing me this year. See how good a friend I am?" - klecu
hey, if it's an excuse indulge, people will follow. admittedly it seems to hold less meaning once you get past the milestones - I only celebrated my last birthday because it means I can finally vote! - Erin
I'm with you, klecu! I always throw my own birthday party. Even if it's just for me. One of my favorite years was taking myself to Napa/Sonoma for wine, spa day, shopping, stay at a nice hotel, etc. Then I got back to SF and was supposed to work. Instead my bosses kidnapped me and took me to a nail salon they had rented where all my friends were waiting to surprise me. I wept. Openly. :-) After that was dinner at my fave restaurant: Bistro Yoffi. SO GREAT! - Lisa L. Seifert
It's fun when you are young, and then starts to suck more and more ;-) - Dean Terry
Just a ritual. "re"production of the system... - Kemal Yaylali
I disagree, Dean. I think it's strictly a popularity contest when you're young and it's fun when you're older. This year I turn 38 and I'm planning to have my birthday party at the Half Moon Bay airport where their cafe serves THE BEST orange waffles. Biplane rides for everyone!!! :-) A couple of years ago all my grown up friends and their kids went bowling. Pizza for the kids; beer for the grown ups. It was AWESOME! - Lisa L. Seifert
it's a social convention, and because of that it has different meanings for anyone. For me it's just a way to show the time that passed. - Mário Pires
In addition to what Soulhuntre and Michael have said, birthday's are unique to individuals; they're not hallmark holidays and/or shared with tons of others. I think it's nice to celebrate the individual. - Joanmarie
It starts as a day of pride for parents—wow, this tiny thing is becoming an adult—but loses some of that meaning over time. - Vincent van Wylick
I'm in a holding pattern at 39. Personally I don't like to mark another year gone. Getting older, it seems that celebrating a birthday is a reminder of what little time we have. Birthdays get placed in the same realm as Christmas - I celebrate those for my kids and live vicariously through them (meaning I pretend to be a kid again). - Susanne "Renee" Bullo
I liked it when I was 14. Now that I'm 17, I don't like the feeling of getting older... - Yuvi
Yuvi, you better do you know what, before you expire! LOL - Igor The Troll
Surviving another year perhaps? Once upon a time that would have been a great achievement. Nowadays we perhaps take it for granted. - Joanna Geary via twhirl
Lisa: you have the best attitude about life. :) - edythe
i'm never quite sure what to do on my own birthday, but i do like my friends' quite a bit. unfortunately, some of my very favorite people on earth don't like their bdays acknowledged and/or don't like to get gifts...(yes, rap, you. you and maidel.) - edythe
it's an understandable excuse to take care of someone you love. - Eric Sausse via twhirl
birthdays have no meaning at all, just another day, spinning through space - gregory lent
my half bday is around the corner... July 29th - Mona N
My birthday is round the corner too.. - Winston Teo
Loic, I think it is just a great reason to celebrate, nothing more, but with a lot of value. - Kfir Pravda via twhirl
I gave up "birthdays" when I was 21, figuring that was a nice age to stop. I do have an Annual Give Gifts to Cyndy Day, though, to celebrate another year of not dying. I'm perky like that. ;) - Cyndy
Birthday = Celebrating other people getting older ;-) - benedikt
Actually, my wife sometimes have to remind me when my birthday is coming. But I love this particular day, as my own birthday party is in fact my children's party ;-) - Thierry R. Andriamirado
I don't think they're so important. As a result of that I tend to forget everyones birthday (including mine) ... most people don't like that, but sooner or later they get used to it. - Michael Klier
Birthday's are a celebration of life! Remember, there was a time when surviving another year was a big deal. We just take it for granted now. Keep on celebrating your birthday, in big or small ways. Celebrate being alive. Unless you don't like your life... - Rick Weiss
I stopped celebrating my birthday many years ago. Most assume it's because of age but that's not it. It's because I don't like the sense of obligation that it puts on my friends. Also, I'm not comfortable being the center of attention. Well, I am but not that kind of attention. - Akiva Moskovitz
the just do it for the cakes and presents. - Martin Añazco
Birthdays are an excuse for a celebration and life needs it's celebrations! - RAPatton
"to be or not to be and to remember the time to be " that is the question !!! It is in human nature to count everything I think it is reassuring for peoples . We celebrate to be still alive , we should do this every day, minute seconds but it's more easy to count year because of the seasons I think (spring,summer, automn...) . You are about 1 135 296 000 seconds old my dear Loic . are you sorry not to have celebrate your 1 000 000 000 one ? I hope you will soon celebrate your 1 000 000 seesmicer but why don't you celebrate the 816176 one ? . Whatever, i wish you to drink a lot of beer today .....Because it will be "a pee beer day" :-) - lotre demedeu via twhirl
@RAPatton Useful Tech, Social Media, Sci-fi, writing, blogging, American Football. Honestly, I want a diverse range of ideas from a diverse group of people. - Ben Parr
Any particular football teams? Or just football in general? - Patrick Veverka
hmm... perhaps this could be statistically derived based on the data that's available now. - Franklin Naval
