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Re: New presentation on Ruby

Phillip Gawlowski

3/30/2007 10:36:00 PM

Chauk-Mean P wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I made a presentation covering the different facets of Ruby :
> - the scripting facet
> - the dynamic typing facet
> - the object-oriented facet
> - the functional facet
> - the reflective facet
> - the DSL facet
>
> Code snippets and comparison with other languages (Java, Python, PHP)
> illustrate these facets.
>
> I hope that some of you will find it interesting and/or useful.

I can't say much about the content (yet), but about the presentation:
Comic Sans (whatever it is called), together with the playful
drop-shadows is not very readable. You can see that, when you have Comic
+ drop-shadow right next to source code examples.

If you ever intend to use this presentation, you'll have your audience
concentrating on the slides, rather than on your speech.

What I tell myself when making presentations: "Visual aid, not visual
playground".


--
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski
http://cynicalryan....

Rule of Open-Source Programming #37:

Duplicate effort is inevitable. Live with it.
16 Answers

Phillip Gawlowski

3/31/2007 12:12:00 AM

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Chauk-Mean P wrote:

> Anyway, I just uploaded a new version.

Better readable by far! now I don't feel like I need new glasses anymore ;)

The only thing I'd change (or better: create a second version!), would
be to substitute Comic with another, less "playful", more "business
like" font. Verdana is a good idea, or Calibri (ships with MS Office 2007).

--
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski
http://cynicalryan....

Rule of Open-Source Programming #37:

Duplicate effort is inevitable. Live with it.

Augie De Blieck Jr.

3/31/2007 2:52:00 AM

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http://bancomi...

That's all I have to say about that.

-Augie

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

3/31/2007 3:14:00 AM

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Augie De Blieck Jr. wrote:
> http://bancomi...
>
> That's all I have to say about that.
>
> -Augie
>
>
Well, for what it's worth, they oughta ban dihydrogen monoxide too.

--
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http://borasky-research.blo...

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.

Chad Perrin

3/31/2007 3:27:00 AM

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On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 12:13:52PM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Augie De Blieck Jr. wrote:
> >http://bancomi...
> >
> >That's all I have to say about that.
> >
> Well, for what it's worth, they oughta ban dihydrogen monoxide too.

I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions, personally.

--
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.ap... ]
Brian K. Reid: "In computer science, we stand on each other's feet."

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

3/31/2007 11:49:00 AM

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* Chad Perrin, 31.03.2007 05:26:
> I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions,
> personally.

This statement is self-contradicting from a purely logical point of
view because a ban of all prohibitions were a prohibition. Epimenides
paradox again. Besides that the laws dealing with capital crimes all
include a prohibition of a certain kind of action (e.g. murder) which
I definitely don't want to see banned. It seems that removing
prohibitions that have shown to be of value is en vogue these days.
For well over 100 years there used to be an overwhelming consent in
the scientific world to not even consider "design" as part of an
explanation of any observation made. Now the creator is back.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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Alex Young

3/31/2007 1:23:00 PM

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Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> * Chad Perrin, 31.03.2007 05:26:
>> I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions,
>> personally.
>
> This statement is self-contradicting from a purely logical point of
> view because a ban of all prohibitions were a prohibition.
I think that might have been the point...

--
Alex

Eleanor McHugh

3/31/2007 2:27:00 PM

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On 31 Mar 2007, at 12:49, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> For well over 100 years there used to be an overwhelming consent in
> the scientific world to not even consider "design" as part of an
> explanation of any observation made. Now the creator is back.

Yes, well both sides of that argument are equally as illogical. As
far as I'm aware no one has ever proposed an experiment that can
either confirm or deny the existence of a 'creator', and that makes
atheism as much a religious belief as theism.


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
----
raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason

Ara.T.Howard

3/31/2007 2:50:00 PM

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Chad Perrin

3/31/2007 5:15:00 PM

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On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:49:23PM +0900, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> * Chad Perrin, 31.03.2007 05:26:
> > I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions,
> > personally.
>
> This statement is self-contradicting from a purely logical point of
> view because a ban of all prohibitions were a prohibition. Epimenides
> paradox again. Besides that the laws dealing with capital crimes all
> include a prohibition of a certain kind of action (e.g. murder) which
> I definitely don't want to see banned. It seems that removing
> prohibitions that have shown to be of value is en vogue these days.
> For well over 100 years there used to be an overwhelming consent in
> the scientific world to not even consider "design" as part of an
> explanation of any observation made. Now the creator is back.

I'm also of the opinion that we should ban all attempts to confuse the
issue with facts when I make an ironic statement that someone treats
seriously.

On the other hand, I generally agree with your statements -- if I put on
my "serious hat" for a bit.

--
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.ap... ]
print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);

Chad Perrin

3/31/2007 5:17:00 PM

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On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:22:32PM +0900, Alex Young wrote:
> Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> >* Chad Perrin, 31.03.2007 05:26:
> >>I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions,
> >>personally.
> >
> >This statement is self-contradicting from a purely logical point of
> >view because a ban of all prohibitions were a prohibition.
> I think that might have been the point...

Gold star . . . or would you prefer a cookie? I have websites that
distribute cookies, if you want one.

Sorry. I'm feeling silly. Yes, you're right -- that was the point.

--
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.ap... ]
"It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually
spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game." - Marvin Minsky