| pyguyy | i got it working again |
| arkanes | hays: yeah |
| the_hoser | hays: Core Python Second Edition is probably the best py book I have. |
| hays | yeah? why? I'm curious because I'm looking for something kinda specific in a Python book |
| Kiryn | what is real and imaginary numbers? |
| the_hoser | hays: everything is very clearly laid out. If you want to know something specific about language feature X, you just go to that section. It's not buried in some other section as a sidenote. |
| CSWookie | Kiryn: 1, 2, and 3 are real. Kiryn: floorg, blant, and crontar are imaginary. |
| hays | I think I'd do best with a book full of high quality recipies for common problems.. This is why I liked programming python.. that and its updated for 2.5 |
| gzl | Kiryn: look up wikipedia. |
| Kiryn | ok |
| gzl | there's a whole story that's worth reading in detail |
| the_hoser | yes, do read the good wiki :) |
| Kiryn | lol does it tell my fortune too :P |
| the_hoser | hays: core python se is 2.5, but it doesnt lay out the way you describe. it's more of a language reference. |
| Kiryn | that would be awsome if it did :( |
| ebovine | If you're going to colorize a log file by type of message how do you choose the colors? Do you do it manually or do you calculate the optimally different colors? |
| hays | the_hoser: hmm.. good to have around I suppose |
| the_hoser | Kiryn: your future is 3+4i |
| hays | the_hoser: I was thinking I could find that kind of stuff in the docs |
| ebovine | For instance, I don't care what color message type a or message type b are. |
| the_hoser | hays: yeah, I just like the layout of the book better than the docs hays: like, an entire chaper on objects, and all sorts of things you can do with them. |
| ebovine | I'd like to calculate it because I'd like to be able to dynamically find n colors that are as far apart as possible. Anybody found anything like that? |
| hays | the_hoser: I'll check it out next time I'm in a decent book store I wish Safari Online was cheaper, I would buy it for $20/mo |
| the_hoser | hays: I have a safari account, so I just read it online. hays: yesh... well... it's actually saving me money :) |
| hays | yeah, I can't justify the expense quite yet because my day job is not programming |
| sgeigerbot | hays: I'm impressed with your irc client |
| hays | sgeigerbot: like it? thanks |
| arkanes | I got an employer to pay for a corporate account and it was fantastic sadly, I then had to move |
| hays | luckies |
| sgeigerbot | hays: it doesn't seem to be receiving messages. |
| hays | I have a friend who gets it for free because he's got some contacts at MIT and has an Athena account |
| berto- | i have a directory full of stuff i want to install to $prefix/var/lib. is it possible to do this with distutils? |