On Aug 11, 5:54 pm, “Joseph E. Savard” <joseph.sav…@sabre-
holdings.com> wrote:
OK Greg, you’re your passion is to compelling… Im in!
I still think you need to be wary of Duke!
No worries. I shall fear Duke Nukem… Forever.
-greg
On Aug 11, 6:13 pm, andrew mcelroy [email protected] wrote:
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Alex S. [email protected] wrote:
I’ve seen this sort of “smoke screen-ery” before.
It went by a name which failed it to substantiate
and took up way too much mailing list space.It was the only github project I’ve yet to see to have far more
written about it than actual executable code.
Please tell me this is all an elaborate PR stunt to roll out a better
Ruby interpreter.
I wish it were. But I assure you, it is far more grave than that.
On Aug 11, 6:21 pm, andrew mcelroy [email protected] wrote:
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Walton H. [email protected] wrote:
On 8/11/2010 3:29 PM, Alex S. wrote:
Sounds like an IRC channel.
Or a BBS
Or a Conference… I see what you did
Does right now really seem like a good idea to collect a large number
of Ruby programmers in a room for ‘reprogramming?’. Not to me. We
must keep the Ruby Resistance underground.
Folks, I really wish that I was getting my huckster game on right
now. But there is no product to sell, there is no event to attend,
there is no product to buy. Only creepy messages from the future that
usually level-headed folks like myself would ignore. But I am not
ignoring them.
-greg
Whatever it is, it’s not responding to my apt-get command. You should
lend your collective brainpower in the #COBOTS channel.
On 8/11/2010 5:19 PM, Walton H. wrote:
Indeed. COBOPERATOR1 liked my COBOL program, but said he can’t play
with me till COBOCOP says it’s ok. Then he really got upset when I
threatened to kill COBOCOP.
Well, here’s what I can tell you… COBOPERATOR1 will take full COBOL
programs… example try putting in:
COBOPERATOR1: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
PROCEDURE DIVISION. DISPLAY “Hello World”. STOP RUN.
(1 line)
My theory is that we can use this to change the date thus making COBOCOP
happy, but my attempts accidentally crashed COBOPERATOR1, and got me
banned by COBOLORD. No more play for me 
Come all… save Ruby from this menace!
On 8/11/2010 4:25 PM, Javier wrote:
Indeed. COBOPERATOR1 liked my COBOL program, but said he can’t play
with me till COBOCOP says it’s ok. Then he really got upset when I
threatened to kill COBOCOP.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 05:35:57AM +0900, Gregory B. wrote:
Dear Friends,
I have received an ominous message from the future. We should take
this seriously, as it could determine the fate of our Ruby lives as we
know them! Decrypted future-message below:
Huh. I got this same thing, but via snail mail:
Huh. Got a weird letter postmarked from "the future".
wtf. something about #COBOTS?
Scanned the #COBOTS letter. Did anyone else get this?
On 11 Aug., 22:35, Gregory B. [email protected] wrote:
programming.
the only way to ensure programmer happiness for ourselves and the
generations of hackers to come. Will you rise to the challenge?
I removed all the parentheses keys from my keyboard and locked them in
a PO box. Whoever will read this thread in the future: You will find
parens, braces and brackets in box #1011 /you will know where to
look/!
– Frank
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Aaron P.
<[email protected]
wrote:
Huh. I got this same thing, but via snail mail
Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I can’t shake the feeling that _why is
fucking
with us.
Gregory B. wrote:
Dear Friends,
I have received an ominous message from the future. We should take
this seriously, as it could determine the fate of our Ruby lives as we
know them!
This is terrifying!
Maybe we should go back to Java (the New Age Cobol) to save our lives.
On 12 August 2010 10:51, R… Kumar 1.9.1 OSX [email protected]
wrote:
Gregory B. wrote:
Dear Friends,
I have received an ominous message from the future. We should take
this seriously, as it could determine the fate of our Ruby lives as we
know them!This is terrifying!
Maybe we should go back to Java (the New Age Cobol) to save our lives.
Never! I’d rather die !
B.D.
I hope it’s _why. I miss that guy.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Benoit D. [email protected]
wrote:
–
Never! I’d rather die !
And Oracle would sue us!
–
Rick DeNatale
Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/
Github: rubyredrick (Rick DeNatale) · GitHub
Twitter: @RickDeNatale
WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale
Rick Denatale wrote:
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Benoit D. [email protected]
wrote:–
Never! I’d rather die !
And Oracle would sue us!
And Google would save us 
Here’s more details: COBOL ON COGS