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# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

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Happy holidays,

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Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote (24.12.2005 19:30):

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

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Happy holidays,

Great!

... wish you a stressless and relaxable Christmas time

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Very neat!

Thanks for the treat, Merry Xmas :slight_smile:

Rob

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On 12/24/05, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

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Very cool, Thanks!

-Ezra

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On Dec 24, 2005, at 2:30 AM, Christian Neukirchen wrote:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

Happy holidays,
-- Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> http://chneukirchen.org

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Wow, I missed that until now. Takes me back to the old BBS days does that (esp last year's) :slight_smile: IMHO you achieved your goal though this year.

Wicked stuff. Merry xmas.

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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:30:46 -0000, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

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Christian Neukirchen wrote:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)... {cut}

Hands down, you topped it!

Marry Xmas to everybody! :wink:

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Fantastic! I can't wait to see what you brew up next year.

Happy holiday wishes to all!

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On 12/24/05, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

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Christian Neukirchen wrote:

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Happy holidays,

And happy Hannukah!

(heh, here in Scandinavia we hold XMAS the 24th)

Cheers!
Daniel

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Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> writes:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

http://chneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2005/12/making-of-the-xmashack-2005.html

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Thank you and I further the peaceful holiday wishes to everyone at
Ruby Talk -- the friendliest and most knowledgeable group on the net.

pth

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On 12/24/05, Robert McGovern <robert.mcgovern@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/24/05, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> # Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

Very neat!

Thanks for the treat, Merry Xmas :slight_smile:

Rob

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Merry Christmas everyone!

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"Ross Bamford" <rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk> writes:

# Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)...

Wow, I missed that until now. Takes me back to the old BBS days does
that (esp last year's) :slight_smile: IMHO you achieved your goal though this
year.

Wicked stuff. Merry xmas.

Guess I gotta go OpenGL next year. :slight_smile:

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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:30:46 -0000, Christian Neukirchen > <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:

Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk

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Christian Neukirchen wrote:

Guess I gotta go OpenGL next year. :slight_smile:

From you, we are expecting OpenGL rendered in ASCII.

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Just use AAlib for that.

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On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 01:14:58AM +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Guess I gotta go OpenGL next year. :slight_smile:

>From you, we are expecting OpenGL rendered in ASCII.

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