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module Spec
  module Example
    module ExampleGroupMethods

      def slow_specs &bl
        bl.call() if run_slow_specs?
      end

      def run_slow_specs?
        ENV['SLOW_SPECS']

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;;
;; color-theme-sore-eyes.el
;;
;; Made by David Lee
;; Login   <dml@thumper.rev.kgpn.10.in-addr.arpa>
;;
;; Started on  Mon Jul 21 12:05:27 2008 David Lee
;; Last update Mon Jul 21 12:05:27 2008 David Lee
;;
(eval-when-compile

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;;
;; color-theme-dml.el
;;
;; Made by David Lee
;; Login   <dml@thumper.rev.kgpn.10.in-addr.arpa>
;;
;; Started on  Mon Jul 21 12:05:27 2008 David Lee
;; Last update Mon Jul 21 12:05:27 2008 David Lee
;;
(eval-when-compile

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Add "+universal" to /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf

Uncomment in /opt/local/etc/macports.conf:
variants_conf           /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf

sudo port -v install git-core +bash_completion +doc 
sudo port -v install ImageMagick \
                     Xft2 \
                     antiword \
                     atk \

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#!/bin/sh

# set up FQDN
echo "you better have a hostname, or shit won't work!"
echo "and, we expect /etc/chef/validation.pem to exist and match the server"
sleep 1

# install packages
apt-get install ruby ruby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 rdoc ri irb build-essential wget ssl-cert git-core

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How to determine whether to buy a tool for your employee

v = xp + cr

x = total cost of employee (usually approx. double their salary) over 
    useful lifetime of tool
p = productivity gain provided by tool, expressed as a fraction of x
c = increase in employee retention provided by tool, expressed as a
    fraction of 1
r = total cost of hiring and training a replacement to current

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module MultiLogger
  def also_log_to file, &block
    @_original_logger, self.logger = logger, ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.new(file)
    yield
    self.logger, @_original_logger = logger, nil
  end
end

# in application.rb:

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# gem completions

# this is a guess. salt to taste.
export GEM_SEARCH_PATH=`ruby -e 'require "rubygems"; puts Gem.path.first'`/gems

# completion fuction for compdef: just lists the gems folders
_gems() { compadd `cd $GEM_SEARCH_PATH; echo *` }

compdef _gems  gemcd   ; gemcd()   { cd         $GEM_SEARCH_PATH/$1 }
compdef _gems  gemedit ; gemedit() { mate       $GEM_SEARCH_PATH/$1 }

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deploy@dvsyd2nxpdev01:/usr/share/emacs/22.2/lisp$ apt-file search zone.elc
emacs-snapshot-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.0.60/lisp/play/zone.elc
emacs-snapshot-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.0.60/lisp/timezone.elc
emacs21-common: /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/play/zone.elc
emacs21-common: /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/timezone.elc
emacs22-common: /usr/share/emacs/22.2/lisp/play/zone.elc
emacs22-common: /usr/share/emacs/22.2/lisp/timezone.elc
xemacs21-basesupport: /usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/timezone.elc

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def ensure_argument list
  list.each do |value, tests|
    [tests].flatten.each do |test|
      case test.to_s
      when /^is_an?_(.*)$/
        value.is_a? $1.classify.constantize
      when /^is_(.*)$/
        value.respond_to?($1) && value.send($1)
      when /^(has|can)_(.*)/
        value.respond_to? $2