use Perl

• that's not even funny (Score:1)

  by avik (3911)

  I usually laugh when I get a piece of mail from some computer, but this one almost makes me cry. Apparently, they think their letters are similar to leaves on the tree -- they can land on anyone's head -- doesn't matter who. To them, you're not even a number anymore... Very sad.
• Well, they weren't using perl... (Score:2)

  by nicholas (3034)

  They cannot even have been using perl. At least with perl everyone would get a different, personalised wrong name [perl.org]
• Meetings at OSCon (Score:2)

  by ziggy (25)

  I think you should accept their invitation:

  Dear [shill],

  I am actually quite interested in meeting with you at [event] in [location]. Unfortunately, I am quite busy. If you have time, maybe we could meet for dinner at [restaurant]?

  Sincerely,

  [publisher]
  • Re:Meetings at OSCon (Score:1)

    by dha (24)

    s/dinner/[meal]/ s/Sincerely/[sentiment]/